成年

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	year
simp. and trad. (成年)		成	年
anagram		年成

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ nin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-ngièn / sṳ̀n-ngiàn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-liân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng⁵ ni⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngnián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-nien²
    • Yale: chéng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngnian
    • Palladius: чэннянь (čɛnnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ nin⁴
    • Yale: sìhng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ niːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-liân
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: senglieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ liɛn²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêng⁵ ni⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sêng nî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ni⁵⁵/

Verb

成年

1. to become an adult; to grow up; to come of age

Derived terms

• 成年人 (chéngniánrén)
• 成年年齡／成年年龄 (chéngnián niánlíng)
• 成年禮／成年礼 (chéngniánlǐ)
• 成年者 (chéngniánzhě)
• 未成年 (wèichéngnián)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seng⁴ nin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiâⁿ-nî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngnián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-nien²
    • Yale: chéng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngnian
    • Palladius: чэннянь (čɛnnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seng⁴ nin⁴
    • Yale: sèhng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: seng⁴ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séng⁴ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːŋ²¹ niːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâⁿ-nî
    • Tâi-lô: tsiânn-nî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvianii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siã²⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siã²⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siã¹³⁻²² nĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã²⁴⁻¹¹ nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²³⁻³³ nĩ²³/

Adverb

成年

1. (informal) all year; for the whole year
2. (Cantonese, Southern Min) for almost a year

Synonyms

• (all year):

• 一年到暗 (Hakka)
• 一年到頭／一年到头 (yīniándàotóu)
• 一年四季 (yīniánsìjì)
• 全年 (quánnián)
• 四季 (sìjì)
• 四時／四时 (sìshí)
• 夠年／够年 (gao³ ni⁵) (Teochew)
• 完年 (Hakka)
• 常年 (chángnián)
• 整年 (zhěngnián)
• 歲時／岁时 (suìshí)
• 永年 (yǒngnián)
• 終年／终年 (zhōngnián) (literary)
• 終歲／终岁 (zhōngsuì) (literary)
• 規圇年／规囵年 (Hokkien)
• 規年／规年 (Hokkien)
• 規年通天／规年通天 (Hokkien)
• 透年 (Hokkien)
• 長年／长年

 

Noun

成年

1. (Cantonese, Southern Min) almost a year

Japanese

Kanji in this term
成	年
せい Grade: 4	ねん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーねん [sèénéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

成(せい)年(ねん) • (seinen) 

1. legal age, age (time of life when one attains full person rights), the age of adulthood (20 in Japan)

Antonyms

• 未成年(みせいねん) (miseinen)

Korean

Hanja in this term
成	年

Noun

成年 • (seongnyeon) (hangeul 성년)

1. hanja form^? of 성년 (“adult age”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
成	年

Adjective

成年

1. chữ Hán form of thành niên (“adult”).