一年生

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	year	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (一年生)		一	年	生

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīniánshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ nin⁴ saang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīniánshēng [Phonetic: yìniánshēng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiniánsheng
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-nien²-shêng¹
    • Yale: yī-nyán-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iniansheng
    • Palladius: иняньшэн (injanʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ nin⁴ saang¹
    • Yale: yāt nìhn sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ nin⁴ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ nin⁴ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ niːn²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

一年生

1. (botany, of a plant) annual

   一年生植物  ―  yīniánshēng zhíwù  ―  annual plant; annual

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīniánshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ nin⁴ saang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīniánshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiniánsheng
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-nien²-shêng¹
    • Yale: yī-nyán-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iniansheng
    • Palladius: иняньшэн (injanʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ nin⁴ saang¹
    • Yale: yāt nìhn sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ nin⁴ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ nin⁴ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ niːn²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

一年生

1. (archaic) first-year student; first-grade student

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いちね​んせー [ìchínéꜜǹsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [it͡ɕinẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

一(いち)年(ねん)生(せい) • (ichinensei) 

1. first-year student; first-grade student, freshman

   Synonyms: フレッシュマン, 新入生

2. (botany) annual

   一年生(いちねんせい)草本(そうほん)

   ichinensei sōhon

   annual plant

3. beginner, inexperienced

   一年生(いちねんせい)議(ぎ)員(いん)

   ichinensei giin

   inexperienced member (of an assembly)

See also

• 二年生(にねんせい) (ninensei)