nian

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See also: niań, nián, niàn, Nián, niān, niǎn, and -nian

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Determiner

nian

  1. accusative singular of nia

Mandarin

Romanization

nian

  1. Nonstandard spelling of niān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of nián.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of niǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of niàn.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Swedish

Noun

nian

  1. definite singular of nia
    Jag går i nianI'm in ninth grade
  2. (slang) the face

Anagrams

Whitesands

Noun

nian

  1. day

References

Wutunhua

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Mandarin (nián).

Noun

nian

  1. year
    Synonym: lo
    xo wang san nian-de ggo jjhayek jjhang-la-lio ze-li.
    Xiao Wang has studied Chinese for three years.
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 193)

Etymology 2

From Mandarin (niàn).

Verb

nian

  1. to read
    ni ma-ge nian-di-yek?
    What are you reading?
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 207)
  2. to recite

References

  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (to have) +‎ ìan (memory), literally to have a memory

Pronunciation

Verb

nían

  1. (Ondo) Alternative form of níran (to remember)
    Synonyms: ántí, yèè
  2. (Ondo) Alternative form of níran (to remind someone)
    Synonyms: ránlétí, yèlérè

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