年兜
Chinese
| (new) year | close by | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (年兜) |
年 | 兜 | |
Pronunciation
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ning2 dao1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-tau / lîn-tau
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ning2 dao1 [Phonetic: ning5 nao1]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: níng-dau
- Sinological IPA (key): /niŋ¹³⁻¹¹ (t-)nau⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ning2 dao1 [Phonetic: ning5 nao1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /niŋ²⁴⁻²¹ (t-)nau⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-tau
- Tâi-lô: nî-tau
- Phofsit Daibuun: ni'daw
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² tau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² tau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Philippines): /ni²⁴⁻²² tau³³/
- IPA (Singapore): /ni²⁴⁻²¹ tau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ tau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ tau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² tau³³/
- (Hokkien: Hui'an)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-tau
- Tâi-lô: lîn-tau
- Phofsit Daibuun: lindaw
- IPA (Hui'an): /lin²⁴⁻²² tau³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Jinjiang, Philippines)
Noun
年兜
- (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) beginning of the year in the Chinese calendar (the first three, five, or fifteen days)
- (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) Chinese New Year's Eve
- (Jinjiang, Hui'an, Philippine and Singapore Hokkien) Chinese New Year
- (Jinjiang, Hui'an, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Puxian Min) end of the year (especially in the Chinese calendar)
- (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) the last few days before the end of the Chinese calendar
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 除夕 (“Chinese New Year's Eve”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 春節 (“Spring Festival; Chinese New Year”) [map]
- (end of the year):
- 年兜邊 / 年兜边 (Hokkien)
- 年尾 (niánwěi) (colloquial)
- 年底 (niándǐ)
- 年暝 (nièng-màng) (Eastern Min)
- 年暝兜 (Puxian Min)
- 年暝內 / 年暝内 (Puxian Min)
- 年末 (niánmò)
- 年終 / 年终 (niánzhōng)
- 年跟腳 / 年跟脚
- 年關 / 年关 (niánguān)
- 歲尾 / 岁尾 (suìwěi) (literary or Puxian Min)
- 歲晏 / 岁晏 (literary)
- 歲暮 / 岁暮 (suìmù) (literary)
- 歲末 / 岁末 (suìmò)
- 歲杪 / 岁杪 (suìmiǎo) (literary)
Dialectal synonyms of 年底 (“end of the year”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 年底, 年末, 年終, 年關 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 年底, 年尾 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 年暝, 年暝頭, 年尾, 年底 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 年尾, 年兜, 年暝兜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 年尾 |
| Quanzhou | 年尾 | |
| Zhangzhou | 年尾, 年兜 CC | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 年兜, 年暝兜, 年暝, 年尾 CC, 年暝內 CC |
| Xianyou | 年兜, 年暝兜, 年暝, 年尾 CC, 年暝內 CC | |
| Note | CC - end of a year in the Chinese calendar | |
Derived terms
References
- “年兜”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “年兜”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 413.