Chinese edit

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

Pronunciation edit


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

    今年

    1. this year
      今年貴庚今年贵庚  ―  Nín jīnnián guìgēng?  ―  How old are you this year? [to an unfamiliar elderly person]

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    Japanese edit

    Etymology 1 edit

    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 edit

    Noun edit

    ()(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 [year in] autumn passes, filled with sadness. Your promises―but vanishing dewdrops of the mugwort blessing![3]

    Adverb edit

    ()(とし) (kotoshi

    1. this year
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    Etymology 2 edit

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

    From Middle Chinese 今年 (MC kim nen).

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    Noun edit

    (こん)(ねん) (konnen

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

    (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 edit

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

    Korean edit

    Hanja in this term

    Noun edit

    今年 (geumnyeon) (hangeul 금년)

    1. Hanja form? of 금년 (this year).