年長

See also: 年长

Chinese

		year	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (年長)		年	長
simp. (年长)		年	长
anagram		長年／长年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niánzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ zoeng²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-chóng / ngiàn-chóng
Min Nan (POJ): nî-tióng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: niánzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianjaang
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nin⁴ zoeng²
  - Yale: nìhn jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ zêng²
  - IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ zong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² zong³
  - IPA: /ɲi̯en¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ zong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² zong³
  - IPA: /ɲi̯an¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-tióng
  - Tâi-lô: nî-tióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'diorng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴¹/

Adjective

年長

older (in age); senior; elder

Synonyms

垂老 (chuílǎo) (literary)
年歲大 (niánsuì dà)
年紀大 (niánjì dà)
年老 (niánlǎo)

老 (lǎo)
老大 (lǎodà) (literary)
老邁／老迈 (lǎomài) (senile)
衰老 (shuāilǎo) (senile)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	長
ねん Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ねんちょー [nèńchóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [nẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

年長 (hiragana ねんちょう, rōmaji nenchō)

seniority
- 1946, 織田作之助, それでも私は行く:
  千 (ち)枝 (え)子 (こ)は弓子 (ゆみこ)より二 (ふた)つ年 (ねん)長 (ちょう)でありながら、何 (なん)か自 (じ)分 (ぶん)の方 (ほう)が年下 (としした)のような負 (ま)け目 (め)を感 (かん)じていた。
  Chieko wa yumiko yori futatsu nenchō de ari nagara, nanka jibun no hō ga toshishita no yō na makeme o kanjite ita.
  Chieko was two years Yumiko's senior, but at the same time she felt like her junior and subordinate.

References

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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