髫年

Chinese

		tufts of hair on children	year
simp. and trad. (髫年)		髫	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiáonián

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiáonián
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiáonián
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao²-nien²
    • Yale: tyáu-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyaunian
    • Palladius: тяонянь (tjaonjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu⁴ nin⁴
    • Yale: tìuh nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁴ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁴ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹ niːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dew nen

Rime
Character	髫	年
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	徒聊切	奴顚切
Baxter	dew	nen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deu/	/nen/
Pan Wuyun	/deu/	/nen/
Shao Rongfen	/deu/	/nɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛw/	/nɛn/
Li Rong	/deu/	/nen/
Wang Li	/dieu/	/nien/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱieu/	/nien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiáo	nián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tiu4	nin4

Noun

髫年

1. (literary) childhood

Synonyms

• 兒童期／儿童期 (értóngqī)
• 小時／小时 (xiǎoshí)
• 幼年 (yòunián)
• 沖齡／冲龄 (chōnglíng) (literary, chiefly of a monarch)
• 童年 (tóngnián)
• 髫齔／髫龀 (tiáochèn)
• 齠年／龆年 (tiáonián) (literary)