Chinese edit

forever; always; perpetual(ly) year
simp. and trad.
(永年)
 
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Noun edit

永年

  1. all year round
  2. long life; longevity

Synonyms edit

  • (all year round):

Proper noun edit

永年

  1. () Yongnian (a district of Handan, Hebei, China)
  2. () (historical) Yongnian County in Handan Prefecture, Hebei, China.

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
えい
Grade: 5
ねん
Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(えい)(ねん) (einen

  1. many years, long time
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 永年 – see the following entry.
長年ながねん
[noun] many years
(This term, 永年, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN