年尊

Chinese

		year	to honour
trad. (年尊)		年	尊
simp. #(年尊)		年	尊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niánzūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ zyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niánzūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niánzun
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-tsun¹
    • Yale: nyán-dzwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niantzuen
    • Palladius: няньцзунь (njanʹczunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁴ zyun¹
    • Yale: nìhn jyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ dzyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ jun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ t͡syːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nen tswon

Rime
Character	年	尊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	奴顚切	祖昆切
Baxter	nen	tswon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nen/	/t͡suən/
Pan Wuyun	/nen/	/t͡suon/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛn/	/t͡suən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛn/	/t͡swən/
Li Rong	/nen/	/t͡suən/
Wang Li	/nien/	/t͡suən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nien/	/t͡suən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nián	zūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nin4	zyun1

Adjective

年尊

1. older (in age); senior; elder

   Synonyms: 年高, 年長 / 年长 (niánzhǎng)

Noun

年尊

1. senior; elder

   Synonym: 長輩 / 长辈 (zhǎngbèi)