元年

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	year
simp. and trad. (元年)		元	年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánnián

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ nin⁴
Min Nan (POJ): goân-nî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuánnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuannian
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ nin⁴
  - Yale: yùhn nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ nin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ niːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-nî
  - Tâi-lô: guân-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goannii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /guan²⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /guan²⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /guan¹³⁻²² nĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /guan²⁴⁻¹¹ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan²³⁻³³ nĩ²³/

Noun

元年

(historical) first year of an imperial reign
(calendar) first year (of any period)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
元	年
がん Grade: 2	ねん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) がんねん [gáꜜǹnèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɡã̠nːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

元年 (hiragana がんねん, rōmaji gannen)

the first year of an imperial reign
平 (へい)成 (せい)元 (がん)年 (ねん)
heisei gannen
the first year of the Heisei era (1989)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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