晚年

See also: 晩年

Chinese

		evening; night; late	year
simp. and trad. (晚年)		晚	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁵ nin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ván-ngièn / ván-ngiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): boán-liân / oán-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnnián
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-nien²
    • Yale: wǎn-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woannian
    • Palladius: ваньнянь (vanʹnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁵ nin⁴
    • Yale: máahn nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁵ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁵ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn¹³ niːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ván-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: van^ˋ ngien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van³ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /van³¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ván-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: van^ˋ ngian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van³ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /van³¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boán-liân
    • Tâi-lô: buán-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boafnlieen
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /buan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /buan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-liân
    • Tâi-lô: uán-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnlieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/

Noun

晚年

1. remaining years (of a person's life); old age; twilight years; golden years
2. last years (of a person or a dynasty)

Synonyms

• (one's later years):

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• 夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
• 尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 暮年 (mùnián)
• 白頭／白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
• 皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
• 老年 (lǎonián)
• 老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
• 衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
• 遲暮／迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
• 食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Hokkien)
• 餘年／余年 (yúnián)

 

• (last years): 末年 (mònián)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (晚年):

• → Japanese: 晩(ばん)年(ねん) (bannen)
• → Korean: 만년(晚年) (mannyeon)

Korean

Hanja in this term
晚	年

Noun

晚年 • (mannyeon) (hangeul 만년)

1. hanja form^? of 만년 (“old age”)