拜年

Chinese edit

FWOTD – 1 January 2019

		to do obeisance to; to make a courtesy call	year; new year
simp. and trad. (拜年)		拜	年

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拜年

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bàinián

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bai⁴ nyian²
Cantonese (Jyutping): baai³ nin⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): bai⁴ nyien⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pai-ngièn / pai-ngiàn
Jin (Wiktionary): bai³ nie¹
Northern Min (KCR): ba̿i-nîng
Eastern Min (BUC): bái-nièng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pài-nî

(Teochew, Peng'im): bai³ ni⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵pa ⁶gni
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bai⁴ nyienn²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàinián
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàinián
  - Wade–Giles: pai⁴-nien²
  - Yale: bài-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baynian
  - Palladius: байнянь (bajnjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bai⁴ nyian²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bainian
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai²¹³ nʲiɛn²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baai³ nin⁴
  - Yale: baai nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baai³ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bai³ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯³³ niːn²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: bai⁴ nyien⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai³⁵ n̠ʲiɛn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pai-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: bai ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bai⁴ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /pai̯⁵⁵ ŋi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pai-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: bai ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bai⁴ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /pai̯⁵⁵ ŋi̯an¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bai³ nie¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pai⁴⁵ nie¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ba̿i-nîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai³³ niŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bái-nièng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ nˡieŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pài-nî
  - Tâi-lô: pài-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: paenii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pai²¹⁻⁵³ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pai²¹⁻⁵³ nĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pai¹¹⁻⁵³ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pai²¹⁻⁴¹ nĩ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bai³ ni⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pài nî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ni⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵pa ⁶gni
  - MiniDict: pa^去 nyi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pa ³nyi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pa⁴⁴ n̠ʲi²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bai⁴ nyienn²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai̯⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³/

Verb edit

拜⫽年 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to exchange (Chinese) New Year's greetings; to pay someone a courtesy call on Chinese New Year's Day or shortly thereafter, usually with a present
阿姨，我們來給您拜年了！ [MSC, trad.]
阿姨，我们来给您拜年了！ [MSC, simp.]
Āyí, wǒmen lái gěi nín bàinián le! [Pinyin]
Auntie, we've come to wish you a Happy New Year!
- 新年初一日，叫他到墳上燒紙錢去，又說道：「你到墳上去，向老爹說：我年紀老了，這天氣冷，我不能親自來替親家拜年。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  新年初一日，叫他到坟上烧纸钱去，又说道：「你到坟上去，向老爹说：我年纪老了，这天气冷，我不能亲自来替亲家拜年。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
  Xīnnián chūyī rì, jiào tā dào fén shàng shāo zhǐqián qù, yòu shuōdào: “Nǐ dào fén shàng qù, xiàng lǎodiē shuō: wǒ niánjì lǎo le, zhè tiānqì lěng, wǒ bùnéng qīnzì lái tì qìngjiā bàinián.” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms edit

拜正 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
拜歲／拜岁 (Ningbonese)
賀年／贺年 (hènián)
賀正／贺正 (hèzhēng)
賀歲／贺岁 (hèsuì)

拜年

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