暮年

Chinese

		evening; dusk; sunset evening; dusk; sunset; (of time) late; closing	year
trad. (暮年)		暮	年
simp. ^#(暮年)		暮	年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùnián

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ nin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bō͘-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùnián
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-nien²
  - Yale: mù-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhnian
  - Palladius: мунянь (munjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁶ nin⁴
  - Yale: mouh nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² niːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘-liân
  - Tâi-lô: bōo-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boxlieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁴¹⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/

Noun

暮年

declining years; old age; evening of one's life

Synonyms

夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
晚年 (wǎnnián)
白頭／白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
老年 (lǎonián)
老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
遲暮／迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Hokkien)
餘年／余年 (yúnián)

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