年下

年下

Chinese

		year	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (年下)		年	下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niánxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: niánxià → niánxia (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ → ㄋㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nian.shiah
    • IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/ → /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ä³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁴ haa⁶
    • Yale: nìhn hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ ha⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ häː²²/

Noun

年下

1. lunar New Year holidays; period around the Chinese New Year
2. (neologism, slang) younger person (in yaoi)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	下
とし Grade: 1	した Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

年下 (hiragana としした, rōmaji toshishita)

1. a younger person, junior

   好 (す)きになった男 (だん)子 (し)は年下 (としした)だった！

   Suki ni natta danshi wa toshishita datta!

   I fell in love with a younger man!

Antonyms

• 年上 (としうえ) (toshiue)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.