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
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): nî-tióng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ni⁵ ziang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niánzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niánjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: nien²-chang³
  - Yale: nyán-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianjaang
  - Palladius: няньчжан (njanʹčžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nin⁴ zoeng²
  - Yale: nìhn jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ zêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien^ˇ zong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian^ˇ zong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/
Southern Min
- (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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ni⁵ ziang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nî tsiáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siaŋ⁵²/

Adjective

年長

older (in age); senior; elder

Synonyms

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下架 (xia⁵ jia⁴) (Xiang)
垂老 (chuílǎo) (literary)
年歲大／年岁大 (niánsuì dà)
年紀大／年纪大 (niánjì dà)
年老 (niánlǎo)
老 (lǎo)
老大 (lǎodà) (literary)
老邁／老迈 (lǎomài) (senile)
蒼老／苍老 (cānglǎo)
衰老 (shuāilǎo) (senile)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

年(ねん)長(ちょう) • (nenchō)

seniority
- 1946, 織田作之助, それでも私は行く:
  千枝子(ちえこ)は弓子(ゆみこ)より二(ふた)つ年長(ねんちょう)でありながら、何(なん)か自分(じぶん)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

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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