年中

Chinese

		year	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (年中)		年	中
anagram		中年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niánzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ zung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niánzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niánjhong
  - Wade–Giles: nien²-chung¹
  - Yale: nyán-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianjong
  - Palladius: няньчжун (njanʹčžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    年中
    年終 / 年终
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: nin⁴ zung¹
  - Yale: nìhn jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    年中
    年終 / 年终

Noun

年中

middle of the year; mid-year period
(Cantonese) often; throughout the year

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
年	中
ねん Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねんじゅう [néꜜǹjùù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [nẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨː]

Noun

年(ねん)中(じゅう) • (nenjū) ^{←ねんぢゆう (nendyuu)^?}

the period of a year
a one-year period
being continuous through a whole year, all year

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“年中”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
年	中
ねん Grade: 1	ちゅう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕɨː]

Noun

年(ねん)中(ちゅう) • (nenchū) ^{←ねんちゆう (nentyuu)^?}

(education) 4-year old child