晚年

See also: 晩年

Chinese

		evening; night; late	year
simp. and trad. (晚年)		晚	年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎnnián
(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁵ nin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ván-ngièn / ván-ngiàn
Min Nan (POJ): boán-liân / oán-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnnián
  - Wade–Giles: wan³-nien²
  - Yale: wǎn-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woannian
  - Palladius: ваньнянь (vanʹnjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ njɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁵ nin⁴
  - Yale: máahn nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁵ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁵ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn¹³ niːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ván-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: van` ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van³ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /van³¹ ɲi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ván-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: van` ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van³ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /van³¹ ɲi̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boán-liân
  - Tâi-lô: buán-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boafnlieen
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /buan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /buan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-liân
  - Tâi-lô: uán-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafnlieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/

Noun

晚年

remaining years (of a person's life); old age; twilight years; golden years
last years (of a person or a dynasty)

Synonyms

(one's later years):

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Synonyms of 晚年

尾梢 (Min Nan)
暮年 (mùnián)
皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
老年 (lǎonián)
老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)

食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Min Nan)
夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
白頭／白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
遲暮／迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
餘年／余年 (yúnián)

(last years): 末年 (mònián)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (晚年):

→ Japanese: 晩(ばん)年(ねん) (bannen)
→ Korean: 만년(晚年) (mannyeon)

Korean

Hanja in this term
晚	年

Noun

晚年 • (mannyeon) (hangeul 만년)

Hanja form^? of 만년 (“old age”).