童年

Chinese

		boy; child; children	year
simp. and trad. (童年)		童	年
Literally: “children's years”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tung⁴ nin⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): huung³ nen³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tùng-ngièn / tùng-ngiàn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tung² ngian²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tông-liân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tong⁵ ni⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngnián
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-nien²
    • Yale: túng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngnian
    • Palladius: туннянь (tunnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ nin⁴
    • Yale: tùhng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ niːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 同年 童年

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: huung³ nen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵŋ²² ⁿden²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tùng-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: dungˇ ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dung² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /tuŋ¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tùng-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: dungˇ ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dung² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /tuŋ¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tung² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰʊŋ¹¹ ŋian¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-liân
    • Tâi-lô: tông-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: donglieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ liɛn²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tong⁵ ni⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thông nî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ni⁵⁵/

Noun

童年

1. childhood; infancy (Classifier: 個／个)

   童年的朋友  ―  tóngnián de péngyǒu  ―  childhood friend

   給孩子一個美好的童年 [MSC, trad.]
   给孩子一个美好的童年 [MSC, simp.]

   gěi háizi yīge měihǎo de tóngnián [Pinyin]

   to give children a happy childhood

   她根本就沒有童年。 [MSC, trad.]
   她根本就没有童年。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā gēnběn jiù méiyǒu tóngnián. [Pinyin]

   She didn't have any kind of childhood.

Synonyms

• 兒童期／儿童期 (értóngqī)
• 小時／小时 (xiǎoshí)
• 幼年 (yòunián)
• 沖齡／冲龄 (chōnglíng) (literary, chiefly of a monarch)
• 髫年 (tiáonián) (literary)
• 髫齔／髫龀 (tiáochèn)
• 齠年／龆年 (tiáonián) (literary)