上年紀

See also: 上年纪

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	age; number of years; year count
trad. (上年紀)		上	年紀
simp. (上年纪)		上	年纪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàng niánjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ nin⁴ gei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-nî-kí / chhiūⁿ-nî-kí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàng niánjì → shàng niánji (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧˋ → ㄕㄤˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄐㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàng niánji̊
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴ nien²-chi⁵
    • Yale: shàng nyán-ji
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq nian.jih
    • Palladius: шан няньцзи (šan njanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/ → /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ d͡ʑ̥i³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ nin⁴ gei²
    • Yale: séuhng nìhn géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ nin⁴ gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ nin⁴ géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ niːn²¹ kei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-nî-kí
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-nî-kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngni'kie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ nĩ²⁴⁻²² ki⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiūⁿ-nî-kí
    • Tâi-lô: tshiūnn-nî-kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviuxni'kie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiũ²²⁻²¹ nĩ²⁴⁻²² ki⁵³/

Verb

上⫽年紀 (verb-object)

1. to be getting on in years; to be stricken in years