年華

See also: 年华

Chinese

		year	flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain
trad. (年華)		年	華
simp. (年华)		年	华
anagram		華年／华年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niánhuá

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ waa⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-fà / ngiàn-fà
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-hôa / liân-hôa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niánhuá
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niánhuá
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-hua²
    • Yale: nyán-hwá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianhwa
    • Palladius: няньхуа (njanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁴ waa⁴
    • Yale: nìhn wàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ waa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ wa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ waː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-fà
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ faˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² fa²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ fa¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-fà
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ faˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² fa²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ fa¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-hôa
    • Tâi-lô: nî-huâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni'hoaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ hua²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ hua²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² hua²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-hôa
    • Tâi-lô: liân-huâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lienhoaa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² hua²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² hua¹³/

Noun

年華

1. times; period; age (usually with a positive connotation)

Synonyms

• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 世代 (shìdài) (literary)
• 光陰／光阴 (Dungan)
• 年代 (niándài)
• 年候兒／年候儿 (niánhour) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 年歲／年岁 (niánsuì)
• 時代／时代 (shídài)
• 時期／时期 (shíqī)
• 朝代 (cháodài)
• 歲月／岁月 (suìyuè)

 

Derived terms

• 二八年華／二八年华
• 嘉年華／嘉年华 (jiāniánhuá)
• 荳蔻年華／豆蔻年华 (dòukòuniánhuá)
• 豆蔻年華／豆蔻年华 (dòukòuniánhuá)
• 金色年華／金色年华
• 黛綠年華／黛绿年华