衰年

Chinese

		weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments	year
simp. and trad. (衰年)		衰	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuāinián

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuāinián
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuainián
    • Wade–Giles: shuai¹-nien²
    • Yale: shwāi-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuainian
    • Palladius: шуайнянь (šuajnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/

Noun

衰年

1. (literary) old age; autumn years

Synonyms

• 夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
• 尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 晚年 (wǎnnián)
• 暮年 (mùnián)
• 白頭／白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
• 皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
• 老年 (lǎonián)
• 老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
• 遲暮／迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
• 食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Hokkien)
• 餘年／余年 (yúnián)