知命之年

Chinese

		age of fifty; to understand the Decree of Heaven; to know destiny	's; him/her/it; this	year
simp. and trad. (知命之年)		知命	之	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīmìng zhī nián

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄓ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ ming⁶ zi¹ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīmìng zhī nián
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄓ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihmìng jhih nián
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-ming⁴ chih¹ nien²
    • Yale: jr̄-mìng jr̄ nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyminq jy nian
    • Palladius: чжимин чжи нянь (čžimin čži njanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ ming⁶ zi¹ nin⁴
    • Yale: jī mihng jī nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ ming⁶ dzi¹ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ming⁶ ji¹ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ mɪŋ²² t͡siː⁵⁵ niːn²¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 知命之年

1. 50 years old; to be a quinquagenarian