年生

Chinese

year
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
simp. and trad.
(年生) 		年 生
anagram 生年

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

年生

  1. (botany) annual

Etymology 2

From Japanese 年生(ねんせい) (nensei).

Pronunciation

Noun

年生

  1. (Hakka, education) grade; year
    吾老弟今年讀五年生。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
    吾老弟今年读五年生。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]
    Ngâ ló-thâi kîm-ngièn thu̍k ńg ngièn-sên. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
    My younger brother is in grade five this year.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 年級 (“grade; year (in school)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 年級, 級
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 年級
Singapore 年級
Central Plains Mandarin Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 號
Cantonese Hong Kong 年班, 年級
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 年生, 年級
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 年生, 年級
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 年生, 年級
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 年生, 年級
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 年生, 年級
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 年生, 年級
Southern Min Xiamen 年級
Quanzhou 年級
Zhangzhou 年級

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年 生
ねん
Grade: 1 		せい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Suffix

年(ねん)生(せい) • (-nensei) 

  1. nth-year student or pupil
    一(いち)年生(ねんせい)
    ichinensei
    first-year student

See also

  • 年生まれ
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