昔年

Chinese

		past; former	year
simp. and trad. (昔年)		昔	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnián, xínián

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄋㄧㄢˊ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ nin⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): za² ni⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinián
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-nien²
    • Yale: syī-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinian
    • Palladius: синянь (sinjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xínián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sínián
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²-nien²
    • Yale: syí-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyinian
    • Palladius: синянь (sinjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ nin⁴
    • Yale: sīk nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ niːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: za² ni⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsá nî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa⁵²⁻³⁵ ni⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjek nen

Rime
Character	昔	年
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	清 (123)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	思積切	奴顚切
Baxter	sjek	nen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇk̚/	/nen/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛk̚/	/nen/
Shao Rongfen	/siæk̚/	/nɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siajk̚/	/nɛn/
Li Rong	/siɛk̚/	/nen/
Wang Li	/sĭɛk̚/	/nien/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛk̚/	/nien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi	nián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1	nin4

Noun

昔年

1. (literary) the old days; the past

Synonyms

• 以往 (yǐwǎng)
• 前時／前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
• 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
• 向時／向时 (xiàngshí)
• 向時仔／向时仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
• 已往 (yǐwǎng)
• 平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
• 往前 (wǎngqián)
• 往常 (wǎngcháng)
• 往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
• 往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary)
• 往時／往时 (wǎngshí)
• 往時仔／往时仔 (Min Nan)
• 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
• 既往 (jìwǎng)
• 日前 (rìqián) (literary)
• 日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
• 早日 (zǎorì)
• 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
• 昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
• 曩昔 (nǎngxī) (literary)
• 異日／异日 (yìrì) (literary)
• 當年／当年
• 疇昔／畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
• 素日 (sùrì) (literary)
• 老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
• 舊底／旧底 (gau⁶ dai²) (Cantonese, Min Nan)
• 舊時／旧时 (jiùshí)
• 舊陣時／旧阵时 (Cantonese)
• 過去／过去 (guòqù)
• 過往／过往 (guòwǎng)