年金

Chinese

		year	metal; gold; money
simp. and trad. (年金)		年	金

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niánjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ gam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liân-kim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niánjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niánjin
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-chin¹
    • Yale: nyán-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianjin
    • Palladius: няньцзинь (njanʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁴ gam¹
    • Yale: nìhn gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ kɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-kim
    • Tâi-lô: liân-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lienkym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² kim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ kim⁴⁴/

Noun

年金

1. pension
2. annuity
3. superannuation

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-kim

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-kim
    • Tâi-lô: nî-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni'kym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² kim⁴⁴/

Noun

年金

1. (Xiamen Hokkien) annual salary

Synonyms

• 年薪 (niánxīn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	金
ねん Grade: 1	きん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねんきん [nèńkíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [nẽ̞ŋʲkʲĩɴ]

Noun

年(ねん)金(きん) • (nenkin) 

1. pension
2. annuity

Usage notes

The word "pension" has been borrowed into Japanese as ペンション (penshon), but it means small hotel instead of annuity.

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.