年紀

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See also: 年纪

Chinese

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year
discipline; age; era
discipline; age; era; period; order; record
 
trad. (年紀)
simp. (年纪)
anagram 紀年纪年

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (8) (28)
Final () (85) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter nen kiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nen/ /kɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/nen/ /kɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɛn/ /kieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nɛn/ /kɨX/
Li
Rong
/nen/ /kiəX/
Wang
Li
/nien/ /kĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nien/ /kiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
nin4 gei2

Noun

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年紀

  1. age (of a person)
    年紀年纪  ―  niánjì hěn dà  ―  very old
    年紀年纪  ―  niánjì qīng qīng  ―  ... (despite being) at such a young age
    年紀已經 [MSC, trad.]
    年纪已经 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de niánjì yǐjīng bù xiǎo le. [Pinyin]
    He's not a young person anymore.
  2. (archaic) number of years; year count
  3. (archaic) time (in general)

Usage notes

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年齡年龄 (niánlíng) and 年紀年纪 (niánjì) are different in that the former can refer to the age of a person, plant or heavenly body, while the latter can only refer to the age of a person.

Synonyms

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  • (age):
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Derived terms

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References

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