今年

Chinese

		today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now	year
simp. and trad. (今年)		今	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ nin⁴, gam¹ nin^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîm-ngièn / kîn-ngiàn
• Min Nan (POJ): kin-nî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīnnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnian
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ nin⁴, gam¹ nin^4-2
    • Yale: gām nìhn, gām nín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ nin⁴, gam¹ nin^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ nin⁴, gem¹ nin²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ niːn²¹/, /kɐm⁵⁵ niːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim´ ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ ngian²
    • IPA: /kim²⁴ ɲi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin´ ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹ ngian²
    • IPA: /kin²⁴ ɲi̯an¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin-nî
    • Tâi-lô: kin-nî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kinnii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kin⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kin³³ nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ nĩ²³/

Noun

今年

1. this year

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
今	年
Grade: 2	Grade: 1
Irregular

Kanji in this term
今	年
こん Grade: 2	ねん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) ことし [kòtóshí] (Heiban - [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞to̞ɕi]

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こ​んねん [kóꜜǹnèǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])
  • IPA^(key): [kõ̞nnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

今年 (hiragana ことし, rōmaji kotoshi, alternative reading こんねん, rōmaji konnen)

1. this year

Adverb

今年 (hiragana ことし, rōmaji kotoshi)

1. this year

Synonyms

• 今年度 (こんねんど) (konnendo)
• 本年 (ほんねん) (honnen)

Related terms

• 来年 (らいねん) (rainen): next year, the coming year
• 去年 (きょねん) (kyonen): last year
• 昨年 (さくねん) (sakunen): last year