年月

Chinese

		year	moon; month
simp. and trad. (年月)		年	月

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niányuè

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ jyut⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-ge̍rh / nî-ge̍h / nî-goe̍h

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niányuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niányuè
  - Wade–Giles: nien²-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: nyán-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianyueh
  - Palladius: няньюэ (njanʹjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nin⁴ jyut⁶
  - Yale: nìhn yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ jyːt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-ge̍rh
  - Tâi-lô: nî-ge̍rh
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² ɡəʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-ge̍h
  - Tâi-lô: nî-ge̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'geh
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² ɡeʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-goe̍h
  - Tâi-lô: nî-gue̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'goeh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² ɡueʔ¹²¹/

Noun

年月

days; years
(informal) time; age; era; period

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
年	月
とし Grade: 1	つき Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) としつき [tòshíꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [to̞ɕit͡sɨkʲi]

Noun

年(とし)月(つき) • (toshitsuki)

years, passing of time, time

Synonyms

歳月(さいがつ) (saigatsu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
年	月
ねん Grade: 1	げつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねんげつ [néꜜǹgètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [nẽ̞ŋɡe̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

年(ねん)月(げつ) • (nengetsu)

years, passing of time, time

Synonyms

歳月(さいがつ) (saigatsu)