年關
Chinese
[edit]| year | to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (年關) | 年 | 關 | |
| simp. (年关) | 年 | 关 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): nin4 gwaan1
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: niánguan
- Wade–Giles: nien2-kuan1
- Yale: nyán-gwān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianguan
- Palladius: няньгуань (njanʹguanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: nin4 gwaan1
- Yale: nìhn gwāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: nin4 gwaan1
- Guangdong Romanization: nin4 guan1
- Sinological IPA (key): /niːn²¹ kʷaːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
[edit]年關
- end of the year (formerly time for settling accounts)
- 到了年關，掌櫃取下粉板說，「孔乙己還欠十九個錢呢！」 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1919, Lu Xun, 孔乙己 (Kung I-chi)
- Dàole niánguān, zhǎngguì qǔ xià fěnbǎn shuō, “Kǒng Yǐjǐ hái qiàn shíjiǔ ge qián ne!” [Pinyin]
- At the end of the year, when the tavern keeper took down the board, he said, "Kung I-chi still owes nineteen coppers!"
到了年关，掌柜取下粉板说，「孔乙己还欠十九个钱呢！」 [MSC, simp.]