平年

平年

Chinese

		flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful	year
simp. and trad. (平年)		平	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: píngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngnian
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ nin⁴
    • Yale: pìhng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ nin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ niːn²¹/

Noun

平年

1. common year

Antonyms

• 閏年／闰年 (rùnnián)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
平	年
へい Grade: 3	ねん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

平年 (hiragana へいねん, rōmaji heinen)

1. (calendar) common year

   西暦1900年 (せいれきせんきゅうひゃくねん)は平 (へい)年 (ねん)だったが、西 (せい)暦 (れ)2 (き)0 (に)0 (せん)0 (　)年 (ねん)は閏 (じゅん)年 (ねん)だった。

   Seireki senkyūhyaku nen wa heinen datta ga, seireki nisen nen wa junnen datta.

   1900 A.D. was a common year, but 2000 A.D. was a leap year.

2. (climate) normal, average year in terms of weather or other natural phenomena

   平 (へい)年 (ねん)より８ (よう)日 (か)、去 (きょ)年 (ねん)よりも６日 (むいか)いずれも早 (はや)く初雪 (はつゆき)が降 (ふ)った。

   Heinen yori yōka, kyonen yori mo muika izure mo hayaku hatsuyuki ga futta.

   The first snow fell eight days earlier than average years and six days earlier than last year.

3. (agricluture) average year; neither rich year nor poor year.

Related terms

• (common year): 平 (へい)閏 (じゅん) (heijun, “common or leap”)

Antonyms

• (common year): 閏 (じゅん)年 (ねん) (junnen, “leap year”)、閏年 (うるうどし) (urūdoshi)
• (agricluture; average year): 豊 (ほう)年 (ねん) (hōnen, “rich year”), 凶 (きょう)年 (ねん) (kyōnen, “poor year”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
平	年

Noun

平年 • (pyeongnyeon) (hangeul 평년)

1. Hanja form^? of 평년 (“common year”).