嘉年

Chinese

		excellent	year
simp. and trad. (嘉年)		嘉	年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānián

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ nin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiānián
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jianián
  - Wade–Giles: chia¹-nien²
  - Yale: jyā-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianian
  - Palladius: цзянянь (czjanjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa¹ nin⁴
  - Yale: gā nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ niːn²¹/

Noun

嘉年

(literary) prosperous year
- 伊嘉年之茂惠，洪肇恍惚以發蒙。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  伊嘉年之茂惠，洪肇恍惚以发蒙。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 阮籍 (Ruan Ji), 鳩賦
  Yī jiānián zhī màohuì, hóngzhào huǎnghū yǐ fāméng. [Pinyin]
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