常年

Chinese

		always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	year
simp. and trad. (常年)		常	年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chángnián

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ nin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siông-nî / siâng-nî / siông-liân / siâng-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chángnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chángnián
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang²-nien²
  - Yale: cháng-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngnian
  - Palladius: чаннянь (čannjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    常年
    長年／长年
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁴ nin⁴
  - Yale: sèuhng nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ niːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-nî
  - Tâi-lô: siông-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongnii
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²³⁻³³ nĩ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâng-nî
  - Tâi-lô: siâng-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangnii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ¹³⁻²² nĩ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-liân
  - Tâi-lô: siông-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sionglieen
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâng-liân
  - Tâi-lô: siâng-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sianglieen
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³/

Noun

常年

average year
long life

Adverb

常年

throughout the year; year in year out

Synonyms

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一年到暗 (Hakka)
一年到頭／一年到头 (yīniándàotóu)
一年四季 (yīniánsìjì)
全年 (quánnián)
四季 (sìjì)
四時／四时 (sìshí)
夠年／够年 (gao³ ni⁵) (Teochew)
完年 (Hakka)
成年 (chéngnián) (informal)
整年 (zhěngnián)
歲時／岁时 (suìshí)
永年 (yǒngnián)
終年／终年 (zhōngnián) (literary)
終歲／终岁 (zhōngsuì) (literary)
規圇年／规囵年 (Hokkien)
規年／规年 (Hokkien)
規年通天／规年通天 (Hokkien)
透年 (Hokkien)
長年／长年

Related terms

每年 (měinián)