殘年

Chinese

		destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled	year
trad. (殘年)		殘	年
simp. (残年)		残	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cánnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caan⁴ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cánnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cánnián
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-nien²
    • Yale: tsán-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnnian
    • Palladius: цаньнянь (canʹnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caan⁴ nin⁴
    • Yale: chàahn nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan⁴ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: can⁴ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːn²¹ niːn²¹/

Noun

殘年

1. the last days of the year
2. the evening of life; declining years

Derived terms

• 風燭殘年／风烛残年 (fēngzhúcánnián)