尊庚

尊庚

Chinese

		to honor	7th heavenly stem; age
trad. (尊庚)		尊	庚
simp. #(尊庚)		尊	庚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zūngēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣ ㄍㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ gang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zūngēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣ ㄍㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zungeng
    • Wade–Giles: tsun¹-kêng¹
    • Yale: dzwūn-gēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuengeng
    • Palladius: цзуньгэн (czunʹgɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡swən⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun¹ gang¹
    • Yale: jyūn gāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ gang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ geng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyːn⁵⁵ kɐŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

尊庚

1. (honorific) (your) age

   • 今你尊庚年十二 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Qing dynasty, 二荷花史

     gam¹ nei⁵ zyun¹ gang¹ nin⁴ sap⁶ ji⁶ [Jyutping]

     Now you are twelve years of age

   • 你今年尊庚 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     From: 1864, William Lobscheid, Select Phrases and Reading Lessons in the Canton Dialect, page 20

     nei⁵ gam¹ nin⁴ zyun¹ gang¹ [Jyutping]

     How old are you?

Synonyms

• 貴庚／贵庚 (guìgēng)