尊庚

Chinese

		to honour	7th heavenly stem; age
trad. (尊庚)		尊	庚
simp. ^#(尊庚)		尊	庚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zūngēng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣㄍㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ gang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zūngēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣㄍㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zungeng
  - Wade–Giles: tsun¹-kêng¹
  - Yale: dzwūn-gēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuengeng
  - Palladius: цзуньгэн (czunʹgɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyun¹ gang¹
  - Yale: jyūn gāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ gang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ geng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵ kɐŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

尊庚

(honorific) (your) age
- 今你尊庚年十二 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
  From: Qing dynasty, 二荷花史
  gam¹ nei⁵ zyun¹ gang¹ nin⁴ sap⁶ ji⁶ [Jyutping]
  Now you are twelve years of age
- 你今年尊庚 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
  From: 1864, William Lobscheid, Select Phrases and Reading Lessons in the Canton Dialect, page 20
  nei⁵ gam¹ nin⁴ zyun¹ gang¹ [Jyutping]
  How old are you?

Synonyms

貴庚／贵庚 (guìgēng)