元年

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	year
simp. and trad. (元年)		元	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ nin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-nî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánnián
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-nien²
    • Yale: ywán-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuannian
    • Palladius: юаньнянь (juanʹnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ nin⁴
    • Yale: yùhn nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ niːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-nî
    • Tâi-lô: guân-nî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goannii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² nĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ nĩ²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 元年

1. (historical) first year of an imperial reign
2. (calendar) first year (of any period)

Synonyms

• (literary) (first year of an imperial reign): 始年 (shǐnián)
• (literary) (first year of any period): 始年 (shǐnián)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
元	年
がん Grade: 2	ねん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

元(がん)年(ねん) • (gannen) 

1. the first year of an imperial reign

   平成(へいせい)元年(がんねん)

   heisei gannen

   the first year of the Heisei era (1989)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.