今年

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Chinese

today; modern; present
today; modern; present; current; this; now
 
year
trad. (今年)
simp. #(今年)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • ging1 ni5 - Chenghai;
  • gi1 ni5 - alternative pronunciation (Chaozhou);
  • gê5 ni5 - alternative pronunciation (Jieyang).

Noun

今年

  1. this year
    今年貴庚今年贵庚  ―  Nín jīnnián guìgēng?  ―  How old are you this year?

Synonyms

Further reading

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
とし
Grade: 1
irregular kun'yomi

Compound of () (ko, this) + (とし) (toshi, year).

The use of the kanji (now) instead of (this) is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 今年 (jīnnián).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(とし) (kotoshi

  1. this year, the present year
    • 1187, Senzai Wakashū (book 16, poem 1016; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 75)
      (ちぎ)りおきしさせもが(つゆ)(いのち)にてあはれ今年(ことし)(あき)もいぬめり
      chigiri-okishi sasemo ga tsuyu o inochi ni te aware kotoshi no aki mo inumeri
      I believed in you with all my heart but again this autumn passes, filled with sadness. Your promises―but vanishing dewdrops of the mugwort blessing![3]

Adverb

()(とし) (kotoshi

  1. this year
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
こん
Grade: 2
ねん
Grade: 1
goon

From Middle Chinese 今年 (MC kim nen).

Pronunciation

Noun

(こん)(ねん) (konnen

  1. this year, the present year
    Synonym: 本年 (honnen)
Derived terms

Coordinate terms

(Time)
~ −3 −2 −1 0 +1 +2 Continual
Day 一昨昨日 一昨日 昨日 今日 明日 明後日 毎日
Morning 一昨朝 昨朝 今朝 明朝 毎朝
Night 一昨晩 昨晩 今晩 明晩 毎晩
Week 先々週 先週 今週 来週 再来週 毎週
Month 先々月 先月 今月 来月 再来月 毎月
Year 一昨昨年 一昨年 去年 今年 来年 再来年 毎年

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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
  3. ^ Peter MacMillan (2018) One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse, Penguin UK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

今年 (geumnyeon) (hangeul 금년)

  1. hanja form? of 금년 (this year)