流年

Chinese

		to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	year
trad. (流年)		流	年
simp. #(流年)		流	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ nin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liû-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióunián
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-nien²
    • Yale: lyóu-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liounian
    • Palladius: люнянь (ljunjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ nin⁴
    • Yale: làuh nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ niːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-liân
    • Tâi-lô: liû-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liulieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ liɛn²³/

Noun

流年

1. (literary) fleeting time
2. fortune teller's prediction of a person's luck in a given year

Derived terms

• 流年不利
• 流年似水