年事

Chinese

		year	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (年事)		年	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niánshì

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ si⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-sṳ / ngiàn-sṳ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niánshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niánshìh
  - Wade–Giles: nien²-shih⁴
  - Yale: nyán-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianshyh
  - Palladius: няньши (njanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nin⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: nìhn sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ siː²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-sū
  - Tâi-lô: nî-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nisu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² su²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ su³³/

Noun

年事

years of age (chiefly of older people)
他年事已高，又被多種疾病困擾。 [MSC, trad.]
他年事已高，又被多种疾病困扰。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā niánshì yǐ gāo, yòu bèi duōzhǒng jíbìng kùnrǎo. [Pinyin]
He is advanced in years and troubled by various diseases.

Synonyms

年歲／年岁 (niánsuì)
年紀／年纪 (niánjì)
年齒／年齿 (niánchǐ) (literary, of a person, in years)
年齡／年龄 (niánlíng)
歲子／岁子 (Hokkien)
歲數／岁数 (suìshu)
歲聲／岁声 (Hokkien, Teochew)
歲頭／岁头 (Hokkien)
齒髮／齿发 (chǐfà) (literary, humble)

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