壯年

Chinese

		to strengthen; strong; robust	year
trad. (壯年)		壯	年
simp. (壮年)		壮	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuàngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong³ nin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòng-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàngnián
    • Wade–Giles: chuang⁴-nien²
    • Yale: jwàng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juanqnian
    • Palladius: чжуаннянь (čžuannjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zong³ nin⁴
    • Yale: jong nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong³ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong³ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ³³ niːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòng-liân
    • Tâi-lô: tsòng-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zornglieen
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ liɛn²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn²⁴/

Noun

壯年

1. prime of life; more robust years of a person's life (between thirty and forty or fifty)

Synonyms

• (literary) 茂年 (màonián)

Derived terms

• 青壯年／青壮年 (qīngzhuàngnián)