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Chinese
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year
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discipline; age; era discipline; age; era; period; order; record
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| trad. (年紀)
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年
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紀
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| simp. (年纪)
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年
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纪
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| anagram
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紀年／纪年
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Pronunciation
Noun
年紀
- age (of a person)
- 年紀很大／年纪很大 ― niánjì hěn dà ― very old
- 年紀輕輕／年纪轻轻 ― niánjì qīng qīng ― ... (despite being) at such a young age
他的年紀已經不小了。 [MSC, trad.]
他的年纪已经不小了。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā de niánjì yǐjīng bù xiǎo le.
- He's not a young person anymore.
- (archaic) number of years; year count
- (archaic) time (in general)
Usage notes
年齡／年龄 (niánlíng) and 年紀／年纪 (niánjì) are different in that the former can refer to the age of a person, plant or heavenly body, while the latter can only refer to the age of a person.
Synonyms
- 年事 (niánshì)
- 年歲／年岁 (niánsuì)
- 年齒／年齿 (niánchǐ) (literary, of a person, in years)
- 年齡／年龄 (niánlíng)
- 歲子／岁子 (Hokkien)
- 歲數／岁数 (suìshu)
- 歲聲／岁声 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 歲頭／岁头 (Hokkien)
- 齒髮／齿发 (chǐfà) (literary, humble)
- (number of years): 積年／积年 (jīnián), 年代 (niándài), 年數／年数 (niánshù)
- (time): 年數／年数 (niánshù), 年代 (niándài), 時候／时候 (shíhou), 時間／时间 (shíjiān), (Hokkien, Teochew) 時陣／时阵 (sî-chūn), (Wu) 辰光 (zen kuaan (T3))
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