小 年
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[edit]small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
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Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): siu2 nin4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-nî
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5shiau-gni
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎonián
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-nien2
- Yale: syǎu-nyán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaunian
- Palladius: сяонянь (sjaonjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: siu2 nin4
- Yale: síu nìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2 nin4
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2 nin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵ niːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: sjewX nen
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ewʔ C.nˤi[ŋ]/
- (Zhengzhang): /*smewʔ niːŋ/
Noun
[edit]- lunar year in which the last month has 29 days
- Antonym:
大年 (dànián)
- Antonym:
- festival on the 23rd or 24th of the 12th month of the lunar year when sacrifices are made to the kitchen god
- (regional) Lantern Festival
- off year (for fruit trees, bamboos, etc.)
- (literary) a short lifespan
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zhāojūn bù zhī huìshuò, huìgū bù zhī chūnqiū, cǐ xiǎonián yě. [Pinyin]
- The mushroom of a morning does not know (what takes place between) the beginning and end of a month; the short-lived cicada does not know (what takes place between) the spring and autumn. These are instances of a short term of life.
朝 菌 不 知 晦 朔 ，蟪蛄不 知 春秋 ，此小 年 也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- (literary) youth
- (literary) nearly a year; a long time
Synonyms
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