幼年

Chinese

		young	year
simp. and trad. (幼年)		幼	年
anagram		年幼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yòunián

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau³ nin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu-ngièn / yu-ngiàn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iù-nî / iù-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yòunián
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yòunián
  - Wade–Giles: yu⁴-nien²
  - Yale: yòu-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yownian
  - Palladius: юнянь (junjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau³ nin⁴
  - Yale: yau nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau³ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo³ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯³³ niːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: iu ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵ ŋi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵ ŋi̯an¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iù-nî
  - Tâi-lô: iù-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuonii
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu¹¹⁻⁵³ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²¹⁻⁴¹ nĩ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ nĩ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iù-liân
  - Tâi-lô: iù-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuolieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn¹³/

Noun

幼年

childhood; infancy (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

兒童期／儿童期 (értóngqī)
小時／小时 (xiǎoshí)
沖齡／冲龄 (chōnglíng) (literary, chiefly of a monarch)
童年 (tóngnián)
髫年 (tiáonián) (literary)
髫齔／髫龀 (tiáochèn)
齠年／龆年 (tiáonián) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幼	年
よう Grade: 6	ねん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

幼(よう)年(ねん) • (yōnen)

childhood
幼年時代(ようねんじだい)の記憶(きおく)
yōnen jidai no kioku
memories of childhood