年下

Chinese

		year	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (年下)		年	下

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niánxià

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ haa⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: niánxià → niánxia (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ → ㄋㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nian.shiah
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/ → /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ä³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nin⁴ haa⁶
  - Yale: nìhn hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ ha⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ häː²²/

Noun

年下

lunar New Year holidays; period around the Chinese New Year
(neologism, slang) younger person (in yaoi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	下
とし Grade: 1	した Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

年下 (hiragana としした, rōmaji toshishita)

a younger person, junior
好 (す)きになった男 (だん)子 (し)は年下 (としした)だった！
Suki ni natta danshi wa toshishita datta!
I fell in love with a younger man!

Antonyms

年上 (としうえ) (toshiue)

References

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

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