年代

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Chinese

year
 
substitute; replace; generation
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad.
(年代)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (8) (7)
Final () (85) (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV I
Fanqie
Baxter nen dojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nen/ /dʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/nen/ /dəiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɛn/ /dɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nɛn/ /dəjH/
Li
Rong
/nen/ /dᴀiH/
Wang
Li
/nien/ /dɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nien/ /dʱɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nián dài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
nin4 doi6

Noun

年代

  1. age; era; period
    確定年代确定年代  ―  quèdìng niándài  ―  to determine the age; to date
  2. number of years; year count
  3. time (in general)
  4. a decade of a century
    中國政府1970年代開始推行計劃生育 [MSC, trad.]
    中国政府1970年代开始推行计划生育 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhōngguó zhèngfǔ zài 1970 niándài kāishǐ tuīxíng jìhuàshēngyù.
    In the 1970s, the Chinese government started to enact the One-Child Policy.
  5. year timeline; dating; chronology
    年代測定年代测定  ―  niándài cèdìng  ―  dating
    夏王朝年代  ―  Xià Wángcháo niándài  ―  chronology of the Xia dynasty

Synonyms

  • (age):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (年代):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ねん
Grade: 1
だい
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(ねん)(だい) (nendai

  1. age, era, period
    • 1912, 島崎藤村, 北村透谷の短き一生:
      明治(めいじ)年代(ねんだい)記憶(きおく)すべき、(おお)きな出来事(できごと)(ひと)つは、士族(しぞく)階級(かいきゅう)滅亡(めつぼう)である。
      Meiji nendai ni kioku subeki, ōkina dekigoto no hitotsu wa, shizoku no kaikyū no metsubō de aru.
      If there's one event that one must remember about the Meiji era, it's the downfall of the samurai class.
  2. date
    • 1924, 宮本百合子, 蠹魚:
      この(ほん)印刷(いんさつ)された年代(ねんだい)()ると、祖父(そふ)三十前後(さんじゅうぜんご)壮年(そうねん)で、末弟(ばってい)十七八(じゅうななはち)であったらしい。
      Kono hon no insatsu sareta nendai de miru to, sofu wa san jū zengo no sōnen de, battei ga jū nana hachi de atta rashii.
      Looking at the date when this book was printed, it seems that my grandfather was around 30 and in the prime of his life, and his younger brother was 17 or 18.
  3. a decade in a century

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

年代 (nyeondae) (hangeul 년대)

  1. Hanja form? of 년대 (period of years such as a decade or century).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

年代

  1. chữ Hán form of niên đại (era; period; years; time).