天年

天年

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	year
simp. and trad. (天年)		天	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ nin⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): thian-liân / thiⁿ-nî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiānnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiannian
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ nin⁴
    • Yale: tīn nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ nin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ niːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-liân
    • Tâi-lô: thian-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienlieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-nî
    • Tâi-lô: thinn-nî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvinii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ nĩ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ nĩ²⁴/

Noun

天年

1. natural span of life; one's allotted span
2. (dialectal) year's harvest
3. (dialectal) age; era; times