上半年

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	half a year; half-year
simp. and trad. (上半年)		上	半年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shàngbànnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sang⁴ ban⁴ nyian²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ bun³ nin⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): son³ ban³ nie¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zaon-poe-gni
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shan⁵ bonn⁴ nyienn²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngbànnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngbànnián
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-pan⁴-nien²
    • Yale: shàng-bàn-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqbannnian
    • Palladius: шанбаньнянь (šanbanʹnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: sang⁴ ban⁴ nyian²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sangbannian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ²¹³ pan²¹³ nʲiɛn²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ bun³ nin⁴
    • Yale: seuhng bun nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ bun³ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ bun³ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² puːn³³ niːn²¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: son³ ban³ nie¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /sɒ̃⁴⁵ pæ̃⁴⁵ nie¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zaon-poe-gni
    • MiniDict: zaon^去 poe nyi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zaan-poe-nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɑ̃²² pø⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: shan⁵ bonn⁴ nyienn²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ põ⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /san²¹⁻¹¹ põ⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³/

Noun

上半年

1. the first half-year

Synonyms

• (Jin, Wu) 前半年
• (Hokkien) 頂半年／顶半年

Antonyms

• 下半年 (xiàbànnián)