年頭

年頭

See also: 年头

Chinese

		year	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (年頭)		年	頭
simp. (年头)		年	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niántóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ tau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-thèu / ngiàn-thèu
• Min Dong (BUC): nièng-tàu
• Min Nan (POJ): nî-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: niántóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niantour
    • IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (年頭兒／年头儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: niántóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niantourl
    • IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ tʰɤʊɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: nìhn tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ teo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² teu²
    • IPA: /ɲi̯en¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² teu²
    • IPA: /ɲi̯an¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nièng-tàu
    • IPA ^(key): /nˡieŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(tʰ-)nau⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: nî-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² tʰaʊ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ tʰaʊ²³/

Noun

年頭

1. year (Classifier: 個／个)
2. period of many years; long time (Classifier: 個／个)
3. the times (Classifier: 個／个)
4. harvest (Classifier: 個／个)
5. beginning of the year (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

• (year): 年份 (niánfèn), 年 (nián)
• (the times): 時代／时代 (shídài)
• (harvest): 年成 (niáncheng)
• (beginning of the year): 年初 (niánchū)

Derived terms

這年頭／这年头