四十年代

Chinese

		forty; 40	age; era; period age; era; period; number of years; year count
simp. and trad. (四十年代)		四十	年代

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìshí niándài

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄕˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ sap⁶ nin⁴ doi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìshí niándài
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄕˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhshíh niándài
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-shih² nien²-tai⁴
  - Yale: sz̀-shŕ nyán-dài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhshyr nianday
  - Palladius: сыши няньдай (syši njanʹdaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei³ sap⁶ nin⁴ doi⁶
  - Yale: sei sahp nìhn doih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ sap⁹ nin⁴ doi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi³ seb⁶ nin⁴ doi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ sɐp̚² niːn²¹ tɔːi̯²²/

Noun

四十年代

forties

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	十	年	代
よん Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 1	ねん Grade: 1	だい Grade: 3

Etymology

四十(よんじゅう) (yonjū, “forty”) + 年代(ねんだい) (nendai, “age, period of years”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [jõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨːnẽ̞nda̠i]

Noun

四(よん)十(じゅう)年(ねん)代(だい) • (yonjūnendai)

one's forties
四十年代(よんじゅうねんだい)の男(おとこ)
yonjū-nendai no otoko
men in their forties