英年

Chinese

		flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English	year
trad. (英年)		英	年
simp. #(英年)		英	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ nin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): eng-nî
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹in-gni

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yingnián
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹-nien²
    • Yale: yīng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ingnian
    • Palladius: иннянь (innjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing¹ nin⁴
    • Yale: yīng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ niːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng-nî
    • Tâi-lô: ing-nî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: engnii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ³³ nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ nĩ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹in-gni
    • MiniDict: in^平 nyi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in-nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

Noun

英年

1. prime of one's life; youth

   英年早逝  ―  yīngnián zǎoshì  ―  to die in one's prime

Derived terms

• 英年早婚 (yīngniánzǎohūn)