成年

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	year
simp. and trad. (成年)		成	年
anagram		年成

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ nin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-ngièn / sṳ̀n-ngiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngnián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-nien²
    • Yale: chéng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngnian
    • Palladius: чэннянь (čɛnnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ nin⁴
    • Yale: sìhng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ niːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-liân
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: senglieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ liɛn²³/

Verb

成年

1. to become an adult; to grow up; to come of age

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seng⁴ nin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiâⁿ-nî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngnián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-nien²
    • Yale: chéng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngnian
    • Palladius: чэннянь (čɛnnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seng⁴ nin⁴
    • Yale: sèhng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: seng⁴ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séng⁴ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːŋ²¹ niːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâⁿ-nî
    • Tâi-lô: tsiânn-nî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvianii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siã²⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siã²⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siã¹³⁻²² nĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã²⁴⁻¹¹ nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²³⁻³³ nĩ²³/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 成年

1. all year; for the whole year
2. (Cantonese, Southern Min) for almost a year

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 成年

1. (Cantonese, Southern Min) almost a year

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
成	年
せい Grade: 4	ねん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

成(せい)年(ねん) • (seinen) 

1. legal age, age (time of life when one attains full person rights), the age of adulthood (20 in Japan)

Antonyms

• 未成年(みせいねん) (miseinen)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
成	年

Noun

成年 • (seongnyeon) (hangeul 성년)

1. Hanja form^? of 성년 (“adult age”).