年上

Chinese

		year	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
simp. and trad. (年上)		年	上
anagram		上年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niánshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niánshàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niánshàng
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-shang⁴
    • Yale: nyán-shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianshanq
    • Palladius: няньшан (njanʹšan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/

Noun

年上

1. (ACG) older person (in yaoi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	上
とし Grade: 1	うえ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 年 (toshi, “year; age”) +‎ 上 (ue, “up; high, higher”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) としうえ [tòshíúé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ɕiɯ̟ᵝe̞]

Noun

年(とし)上(うえ) • (toshiue) ^{←としうへ (tosiufe)?}

1. elder-ness, seniority: the state of being older than others
2. an older person, a senior

Antonyms

• 年下(としした) (toshishita)