測年

Chinese

		side; to lean; to survey side; to lean; to survey; to measure; conjecture	year
trad. (測年)		測	年
simp. (测年)		测	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cènián

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄜˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cènián
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄜˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cènián
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻê⁴-nien²
    • Yale: tsè-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsehnian
    • Palladius: цэнянь (cɛnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɤ⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/

Verb

測年

1. to date (determine the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon)