年初

Chinese

		year	initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic
simp. and trad. (年初)		年	初
anagram		初年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niánchū

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ co¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ni-chho͘ / nî-chhoe / nî-chhe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niánchū
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niánchu
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-chʻu¹
    • Yale: nyán-chū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianchu
    • Palladius: няньчу (njanʹču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁴ co¹
    • Yale: nìhn chō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ tso¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ co¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ni-chho͘
    • Tâi-lô: ni-tshoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nizhof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ³³ t͡sʰɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-chhoe
    • Tâi-lô: nî-tshue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nizhoef
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-chhe
    • Tâi-lô: nî-tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nizhef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 年初

1. beginning of the year

Synonyms

• 年頭／年头 (niántóu)

See also

• 年末 (niánmò)
• 年終／年终 (niánzhōng)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	初
ねん Grade: 1	しょ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

年(ねん)初(しょ) • (nensho) 

1. beginning of the year