年中

Chinese

		year	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (年中)		年	中
anagram		中年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niánzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niánzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niánjhong
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-chung¹
    • Yale: nyán-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianjong
    • Palladius: няньчжун (njanʹčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 年中 年終 / 年终

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nin⁴ zung¹
    • Yale: nìhn jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 年中 年終 / 年终

Noun

年中

1. middle of the year; mid-year period
2. (Cantonese) often; throughout the year

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
年	中
ねん Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねんじゅう [néꜜǹjùù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [nẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨː]

Noun

年(ねん)中(じゅう) • (nenjū) ^{←ねんぢゆう (nendyuu)?}

1. the period of a year
2. a one-year period
3. being continuous through a whole year, all year

References

• “年中”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
年	中
ねん Grade: 1	ちゅう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕɨː]

Noun

年(ねん)中(ちゅう) • (nenchū) ^{←ねんちゆう (nentyuu)?}

1. (education) 4-year old child