英年

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Chinese

		flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English	year
trad. (英年)		英	年
simp. ^#(英年)		英	年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīngnián

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ nin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): eng-nî
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹in-gni

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīngnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yingnián
  - Wade–Giles: ying¹-nien²
  - Yale: yīng-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ingnian
  - Palladius: иннянь (innjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing¹ nin⁴
  - Yale: yīng nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ niːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng-nî
  - Tâi-lô: ing-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: engnii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ³³ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ nĩ²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹in-gni
  - MiniDict: in^平 nyi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in-nyi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

Noun

英年

prime of one's life; youth
英年早逝 ― yīngnián zǎoshì ― to die in one's prime

Derived terms

英年早婚 (yīngniánzǎohūn)

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