年長

See also: 年长

Chinese

	year	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (年長)	年	長
simp. (年长)	年	长
anagram	長年／长年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niánzhǎng
(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ zoeng²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-chóng / ngiàn-chóng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): nî-tióng
(Teochew, Peng'im): ni⁵ ziang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niánzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niánjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: nien²-chang³
  - Yale: nyán-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianjaang
  - Palladius: няньчжан (njanʹčžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /njɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nin⁴ zoeng²
  - Yale: nìhn jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ zêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ t͡ʃœːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ zong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯en¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ zong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯an¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-tióng
  - Tâi-lô: nî-tióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'diorng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ni⁵ ziang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nî tsiáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siaŋ⁵²/

Adjective

年長

older (in age); senior; elder

Synonyms

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下架 (Xiang)
垂老 (chuílǎo) (literary)
年歲大 (niánsuì dà)
年紀大／年纪大 (niánjì dà)
年老 (niánlǎo)

老 (lǎo)
老大 (lǎodà) (literary)
衰老 (shuāilǎo) (senile)
老邁／老迈 (lǎomài) (senile)
蒼老／苍老 (cānglǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	長
ねん Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) ねんちょー [nèńchóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [nẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

年(ねん)長(ちょう) • (nenchō)

seniority
- 1946, 織田作之助, それでも私は行く:
  千枝子(ちえこ)は弓子(ゆみこ)より二(ふた)つ年長(ねんちょう)でありながら、何(なん)か自分(じぶん)の方(ほう)が年下(としした)のような負(ま)け目(め)を感(かん)じていた。
  Chieko wa yumiko yori futatsu nenchō de ari nagara, nanka jibun no hō ga toshishita no yō na makeme o kanjite ita.
  Chieko was two years Yumiko's senior, but at the same time she felt like her junior and subordinate.

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[NHK-1] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN