去年

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Chinese

to go; to leave; to remove year
simp. and trad.
(去年)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (29) (8)
Final () (22) (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Baxter khjoH nen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɨʌH/ /nen/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰiɔH/ /nen/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰiɔH/ /nɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰɨə̆H/ /nɛn/
Li
Rong
/kʰiɔH/ /nen/
Wang
Li
/kʰĭoH/ /nien/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kʰi̯woH/ /nien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
heoi3 nin4

Noun

去年

  1. last year
    去年大學同學 [MSC, trad.]
    去年大学同学 [MSC, simp.]
    qùnián jià gěi le dàxué tóngxué.
    She married her university classmate last year.
    峰值收入來看去年1230,《製作人AppStore暢銷榜達到最高排位4 [MSC, trad.]
    峰值收入来看去年1230,《制作人AppStore畅销榜达到最高排位4 [MSC, simp.]
    Fēngzhí shōurù láikàn, qùnián 12 yuè 30 rì, “liàn yǔ zhìzuòrén” zài App Store chàngxiāobǎng dádào de zuìgāo páiwèi dì 4 míng.
    In terms of peak revenue, "Lover and Producer" reached the 4th highest rank in the App Store's bestseller list in December last year.

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (去年):
  • Japanese: 去年(きょねん) (kyonen)
  • Korean: 거년(去年) (geonyeon)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
きょ
Grade: 3
ねん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(きょ)(ねん) (kyonen

  1. last year
Usage notes

In New Year's cards (年賀状), 去年 should not be used because has negative implications including “to die” or “to separate”, etc. 昨年(さくねん) (sakunen) or 旧年(きゅうねん) (kyūnen) should be used instead.

Antonyms
See also

Etymology 2

/ko2zo2/ > /kozo/.

Noun

去年(こぞ) (kozo

  1. (obsolete) last year
    • 905 Kokin Wakashū (poem #1)
      年の内に春はきにけりひととせを去年(こぞ)とやいはむ今年(ことし)とやいはん
  2. (obsolete) last night
(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. ^ 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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

去年 (geonyeon) (hangeul 거년)

  1. hanja form? of 거년 (last year)