多年

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	year
trad. (多年)		多	年
simp. #(多年)		多	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duōnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ nin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tô-ngièn / tô-ngiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to-liân / to͘-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duōnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duonián
    • Wade–Giles: to¹-nien²
    • Yale: dwō-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duonian
    • Palladius: донянь (donjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ nin⁴
    • Yale: dō nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ niːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tô-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: do´ ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: do¹ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /to²⁴ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tô-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: do´ ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: do¹ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /to²⁴ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-liân
    • Tâi-lô: to-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doilieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to͘-liân
    • Tâi-lô: too-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dolieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ³³ liɛn²⁴/

Noun

多年

1. many years

   我那失散多年的女兒至今還無著落。 [MSC, trad.]
   我那失散多年的女儿至今还无着落。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ nà shīsàn duōnián de nǚ'ér zhìjīn hái wú zhuóluò. [Pinyin]

   The whereabouts of the daughter I lost years ago are still unknown.

Synonyms

• 長年／长年 (chángnián)

Derived terms

• 多年生 (duōniánshēng)