拙年

Chinese

		awkward; clumsy; dull awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my	year
simp. and trad. (拙年)		拙	年

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zua³ ni⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zua³ ni⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuà nî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sua²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ni⁵⁵/

Noun

拙年

1. (Teochew) these past years
   • 1566, chapter 5, in 《重刊五色潮泉插科增入詩詞北曲勾欄荔鏡記戲曲全集》, page [14]:

     拙年無ㄙ守孤單清清冷冷無人相伴 [Teochew, trad.]
     拙年无ㄙ守孤单清清冷冷无人相伴 [Teochew, simp.]

     zua³ ni⁵ bho⁵ bhou² siu² gu¹ duan¹ cêng¹ cêng¹ nê² nê² bho⁵ nang⁵ siên¹ pua⁶ [Peng'im]

     These past years I have had no wife, and kept my watch alone, pale and cold without someone by my side