年生

Chinese

		year	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (年生)		年	生
anagram		生年

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niánshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ saang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niánshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niánsheng
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-shêng¹
    • Yale: nyán-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niansheng
    • Palladius: няньшэн (njanʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁴ saang¹
    • Yale: nìhn sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

年生

1. (botany) annual

Etymology 2

From Japanese 年生(ねんせい) (nensei).

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-sên / ngiàn-sên

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ sen²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ sen²⁴/

Noun

年生

1. (Hakka, education) grade; year

   吾老弟今年讀五年生。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
   吾老弟今年读五年生。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

   Ngâ ló-thâi kîm-ngièn thu̍k ńg ngièn-sên. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

   My younger brother is in grade five this year.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 年級 (“grade; year (in school)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		年級, 級
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	年級
Mandarin	Singapore	年級
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	號
Cantonese	Hong Kong	年班, 年級
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	年生, 年級
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	年生, 年級
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	年生, 年級
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	年生, 年級
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	年生, 年級
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	年生, 年級
Southern Min	Xiamen	年級
	Quanzhou	年級
	Zhangzhou	年級

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	生
ねん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Suffix

年(ねん)生(せい) • (-nensei) 

1. nth-year student or pupil

   一(いち)年生(ねんせい)

   ichinensei

   first-year student

See also

• 年生まれ