年間

See also: 年间

Chinese

		year	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (年間)		年	間
simp. (年间)		年	间

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niánjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ gaan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-kiên / ngiàn-kiân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-kan
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni-ci₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niánjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niánjian
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-chien¹
    • Yale: nyán-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianjian
    • Palladius: няньцзянь (njanʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁴ gaan¹
    • Yale: nìhn gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ kaːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-kiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngien^ˇ gien^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² gian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ ki̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-kiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngian^ˇ gian^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² gian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ ki̯an²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-kan
    • Tâi-lô: nî-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni'kafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² kan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gni-ci₁
    • MiniDict: nyi^去 ci^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi-ji₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

Noun

年間

1. certain periods of time; during

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	間
ねん Grade: 1	かん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねんかん [nèńkáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [nẽ̞ŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

年(ねん)間(かん) • (nenkan) 

1. the period of one year
   • 1948, 太宰治, 家庭の幸福:

     私(わたし)はこれまで十何(じゅうなん)年間(ねんかん)、ラジオの機械(きかい)を自分(じぶん)の家(いえ)に取(と)りつけた事(こと)が無(な)い。

     Watashi wa kore made jū nan nenkan, rajio no kikai o jibun no ie ni toritsuketa koto ga nai.

     I have had not had a radio in my house for tens of years.