嘉年

Chinese

		excellent	year
simp. and trad. (嘉年)		嘉	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānián

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānián
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianián
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-nien²
    • Yale: jyā-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianian
    • Palladius: цзянянь (czjanjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ nin⁴
    • Yale: gā nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ niːn²¹/

Noun

嘉年

1. (literary) prosperous year

   • 伊嘉年之茂惠，洪肇恍惚以發蒙。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     伊嘉年之茂惠，洪肇恍惚以发蒙。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 阮籍 (Ruan Ji), 鳩賦

     Yī jiānián zhī màohuì, hóngzhào huǎnghū yǐ fāméng. [Pinyin]

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