年上

Chinese

		year	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
simp. and trad. (年上)		年	上
anagram		上年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niánshàng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niánshàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niánshàng
  - Wade–Giles: nien²-shang⁴
  - Yale: nyán-shàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianshanq
  - Palladius: няньшан (njanʹšan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/

Noun

年上

(ACG) older person (in yaoi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	上
とし Grade: 1	うえ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 年 (toshi, “year; age”) +‎ 上 (ue, “up; high, higher”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) としうえ [tòshíúé] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [to̞ɕiɯ̟e̞]

Noun

年(とし)上(うえ) • (toshiue) ^{←としうへ (tosiufe)^?}

elder-ness, seniority: the state of being older than others
an older person, a senior

Antonyms

年下(としした) (toshishita)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN