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天年

天年

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	year
simp. and trad. (天年)		天	年

Noun

天年

natural span of life; one's allotted span
(dialect) year's harvest
(dialect) age; era; times

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tiānnián

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ nin⁴
Min Nan (POJ): thian-liân / thiⁿ-nî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiannian
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ nin⁴
  - Yale: tīn nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ nin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ niːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-liân
  - Tâi-lô: thian-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienlieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn¹³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-nî
  - Tâi-lô: thinn-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tvinii
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ ni²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ ni²³/