年下
Chinese edit
year | under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter | ||
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simp. and trad. (年下) |
年 | 下 | |
anagram | 下年 |
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
年下
- (colloquial) period around the Chinese New Year
Synonyms edit
- (Hakka) 年下仔
Etymology 2 edit
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 年下 (toshishita).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
年下
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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年 | 下 |
とし Grade: 1 |
した Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
Compound of 年 (toshi, “year; age”) + 下 (shita, “down; low, lower”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
年下 • (toshishita)
Antonyms edit
- 年上 (toshiue)
References edit
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.