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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
晚年
- remaining years (of a person's life); old age; twilight years; golden years
- last years (of a person or a dynasty)
Synonyms
- 夕陽 / 夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
- 尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 暮年 (mùnián)
- 白頭 / 白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
- 皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
- 老年 (lǎonián)
- 老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
- 衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
- 遲暮 / 迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
- 食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Hokkien)
- 餘年 / 余年 (yúnián)
- (last years): 末年 (mònián)
Descendants
Korean
Noun
晚年 • (mannyeon) (hangeul 만년)
- hanja form? of 만년 (“old age”)