壯年

See also: 壮年

Chinese

		to strengthen; strong; robust	year
trad. (壯年)		壯	年
simp. (壮年)		壮	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuàngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong³ nin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòng-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàngnián
    • Wade–Giles: chuang⁴-nien²
    • Yale: jwàng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juanqnian
    • Palladius: чжуаннянь (čžuannjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zong³ nin⁴
    • Yale: jong nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong³ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong³ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ³³ niːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòng-liân
    • Tâi-lô: tsòng-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zornglieen
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ liɛn²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn²⁴/

Noun

壯年

1. prime of life; more robust years of a person's life (between thirty and forty or fifty)

Synonyms

• (literary) 茂年 (màonián)

Derived terms

• 青壯年 / 青壮年 (qīngzhuàngnián)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (壯年):

• → Japanese: 壮(そう)年(ねん) (sōnen)
• → Korean: 장년(壯年) (jangnyeon)
• → Vietnamese: tráng niên (壯年)

Further reading

• Institute of Linguistics, CASS, editor (2016), “壮年”, in 现代汉语词典 [Xiandai Hanyu Cidian], seventh edition, Beijing: The Commercial Press, →ISBN.
• “壯年”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “壯年”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN

Japanese

Kanji in this term
壯	年
そう Jinmeiyō	ねん Grade: 1
kan'on	goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 壯年 – see the following entry.

【壮年そうねん】 [noun] prime of life [noun] person in his/her prime

(This term, 壯年, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
壯	年

Noun

壯年 • (jangnyeon) (hangeul 장년)

1. hanja form^? of 장년 (“prime of life”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
壯	年

Noun

壯年

1. chữ Hán form of tráng niên (“prime of life”)