昔年

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Chinese

		past; former	year
simp. and trad. (昔年)		昔	年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnián, xínián

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄋㄧㄢˊ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ nin⁴
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): za² ni⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinián
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-nien²
  - Yale: syī-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinian
  - Palladius: синянь (sinjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xínián
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sínián
  - Wade–Giles: hsi²-nien²
  - Yale: syí-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyinian
  - Palladius: синянь (sinjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ nin⁴
  - Yale: sīk nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ niːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: za² ni⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsá nî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa⁵²⁻³⁵ ni⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: sjek nen

Rime
Character	昔	年
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	思積切	奴顚切
Baxter	sjek	nen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇk̚/	/nen/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛk̚/	/nen/
Shao Rongfen	/siæk̚/	/nɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siajk̚/	/nɛn/
Li Rong	/siɛk̚/	/nen/
Wang Li	/sĭɛk̚/	/nien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛk̚/	/nien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi	nián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik¹	nin⁴

Noun

昔年

(literary) the old days; the past

Synonyms

以往 (yǐwǎng)
前時 / 前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
原來 / 原来 (yuánlái)
向時 / 向时 (xiàngshí)
向時仔 / 向时仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
已往 (yǐwǎng)
平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
往前 (wǎngqián)
往常 (wǎngcháng)
往常時 / 往常时 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
往日仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary)
往時 / 往时 (wǎngshí)
往時仔 / 往时仔 (Min Nan)
往當時 / 往当时 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
從前 / 从前 (cóngqián)
既往 (jìwǎng)
日前 (rìqián) (literary)
日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
早日 (zǎorì)
昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
曩昔 (nǎngxī) (literary)
異日 / 异日 (yìrì) (literary)
當年 / 当年
疇昔 / 畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
素日 (sùrì) (literary)
老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
舊𫢗時 / 旧𫢗时 (gu⁷ diang¹ si⁵) (Teochew)
舊底 / 旧底 (gau⁶ dai²) (Cantonese, Min Nan)
舊時 / 旧时 (jiùshí)
舊陣時 / 旧阵时 (Cantonese)
過去 / 过去 (guòqù)
過往 / 过往 (guòwǎng)

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