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童年

童年

Chinese

		boy; child; children	year
simp. and trad. (童年)		童	年

Noun

童年 (classifier 個／个 (gè))

childhood

她根本就沒有童年。 [MSC, trad.]

她根本就没有童年。 [MSC, simp.]

Tā gēnběn jiù méiyǒu tóngnián. [Pinyin]

She didn't have any kind of childhood.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tóngnián

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ nin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tùng-ngièn / tùng-ngiàn
Min Nan (POJ): tông-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: tóngnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongrnian
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ nin⁴
  - Yale: tùhng nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ nin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ niːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    童年
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Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tùng-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: dungˇ ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dung² ngian²
  - IPA: /tuŋ¹¹ ɲi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tùng-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: dungˇ ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dung² ngian²
  - IPA: /tuŋ¹¹ ɲi̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-liân
  - Tâi-lô: tông-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: donglieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ liɛn²³/