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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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年
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
nián
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ nen ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*C.nˁi/
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| English
|
harvest; year
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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年
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齡
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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9482
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8288
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Phonetic
component
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秊
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令
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Rime
group
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眞
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耕
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
|
靈
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Old
Chinese
|
/*niːŋ/
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/*reːŋ/
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| Notes
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同秊
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Noun
年齡
- age (of a person, plant, heavenly body, etc.)
- 年齡分佈／年龄分布 ― niánlíng fēnbù ― age distribution
- 法定年齡／法定年龄 ― fǎdìng niánlíng ― legal age
- 年齡階段／年龄阶段 ― niánlíng jiēduàn ― stage of (a person's) life
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)
- 年紀／年纪 (niánjì)
- 年齒／年齿 (niánchǐ) (literary, of a person, in years)
- 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)
Derived terms
Descendants
Korean
Noun
年齡 • (yeollyeong) (hangeul 연령)
- hanja form? of 연령 (“(someone's) age”)