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年生

年生

Chinese

		year	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (年生)		年	生
anagram		生年

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): niánshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ saang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: niánshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niansheng
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nin⁴ saang¹
  - Yale: nìhn sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ saang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ sɑːŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

年生

(botany) annual

Etymology 2

From Japanese 年生 (ねんせい) ‎(nensei).

Pronunciation

Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-sên / ngiàn-sên

Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² sen¹
  - IPA: /ɲi̯en¹¹ sen²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² sen¹
  - IPA: /ɲi̯an¹¹ sen²⁴/

Noun

年生

(Hakka, education) grade; year

吾老弟今年讀五年生。 [Hakka, trad.]

吾老弟今年读五年生。 [Hakka, simp.]

Ngâ ló-thâi kîm-ngièn thu̍k ńg ngièn-sên. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

My younger brother is in grade five this year.

Synonyms

(other lects) 年級／年级 (niánjí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	生
ねん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Suffix

年生 ‎(hiragana ねんせい, romaji -nensei)

nth-year student or pupil
一年生 (いちねんせい)

ichinensei

first-year student

See also

年生まれ