年間

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See also: 年间

Chinese

		year	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (年間)		年	間
simp. (年间)		年	间

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niánjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ gaan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-kiên / ngiàn-kiân
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-kan
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni-ci₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niánjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niánjian
  - Wade–Giles: nien²-chien¹
  - Yale: nyán-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianjian
  - Palladius: няньцзянь (njanʹczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nin⁴ gaan¹
  - Yale: nìhn gāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ gaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ gan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ kaːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-kiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien^ˇ gien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² gian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ ki̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-kiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian^ˇ gian^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² gian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ ki̯an²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-kan
  - Tâi-lô: nî-kan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'kafn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² kan³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gni-ci₁
  - MiniDict: nyi^去 ci^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi-ji₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

Noun

年間

certain periods of time; during

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	間
ねん Grade: 1	かん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねんかん (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

年(ねん)間(かん) • (nenkan)

the period of one year
- 1948, 太宰治, 家庭の幸福:
  私(わたし)はこれまで十何(じゅうなん)年間(ねんかん)、ラジオの機械(きかい)を自分(じぶん)の家(いえ)に取(と)りつけた事(こと)が無(な)い。
  Watashi wa kore made jū nan nenkan, rajio no kikai o jibun no ie ni toritsuketa koto ga nai.
  I have had not had a radio in my house for tens of years.

References

^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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