nian

nian

See also: niań, nián, niàn, Nián, niān, niǎn, and -nian

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Determiner

nian

1. accusative singular of nia

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Mandarin

Romanization

nian

1. Nonstandard spelling of niān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nián.
3. Nonstandard spelling of niǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of niàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Swedish

Noun

nian

1. definite singular of nia.

   Jag går i nian ― I'm in ninth grade

2. (slang) the face

Anagrams

• -inna, Nina

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Whitesands

Noun

nian

1. day

References

• Jeremy Hammond, The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu (2009), p. 68

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Wutunhua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲɛ̃]

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 年 (nián).

Noun

nian

1. year

   xo wang san nian-de ggo jjhayek jjhang-la-lio ze-li.

   Xiao Wang has studied Chinese for three years.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 193)

   Synonym: lo

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 念 (niàn).

Verb

nian

1. to read

   ni ma-ge nian-di-yek?

   What are you reading?

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 207)

2. to recite

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN