成年

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	year
simp. and trad. (成年)		成	年
anagram		年成

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéngnián

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ nin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-ngièn / sṳ̀n-ngiàn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sêng-liân

(Teochew, Peng'im): sêng⁵ ni⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéngnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéngnián
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-nien²
  - Yale: chéng-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngnian
  - Palladius: чэннянь (čɛnnjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ nin⁴
  - Yale: sìhng nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ niːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: siin^ˇ ngien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin² ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: siin^ˇ ngian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin² ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-liân
  - Tâi-lô: sîng-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: senglieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ liɛn²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sêng⁵ ni⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sêng nî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ni⁵⁵/

Verb

成年

to become an adult; to grow up; to come of age

Derived terms

成年人 (chéngniánrén)
成年年齡 / 成年年龄 (chéngnián niánlíng)
成年禮 / 成年礼 (chéngniánlǐ)
成年者 (chéngniánzhě)
未成年 (wèichéngnián)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéngnián

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seng⁴ nin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiâⁿ-nî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéngnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéngnián
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-nien²
  - Yale: chéng-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngnian
  - Palladius: чэннянь (čɛnnjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seng⁴ nin⁴
  - Yale: sèhng nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: seng⁴ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: séng⁴ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːŋ²¹ niːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâⁿ-nî
  - Tâi-lô: tsiânn-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvianii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siã²⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siã²⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siã¹³⁻²² nĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã²⁴⁻¹¹ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²³⁻³³ nĩ²³/

Adverb

成年

(informal) all year; for the whole year
(Cantonese, Southern Min) for almost a year

Synonyms

(all year):

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一年到暗 (Hakka)
一年到頭 / 一年到头 (yīniándàotóu)
一年四季 (yīniánsìjì)
全年 (quánnián)
四季 (sìjì)
四時 / 四时 (sìshí)
夠年 / 够年 (gao³ ni⁵) (Teochew)
完年 (Hakka)
常年 (chángnián)
整年 (zhěngnián)
歲時 / 岁时 (suìshí)
永年 (yǒngnián)
終年 / 终年 (zhōngnián) (literary)
終歲 / 终岁 (zhōngsuì) (literary)
規圇年 / 规囵年 (Hokkien)
規年 / 规年 (Hokkien)
規年通天 / 规年通天 (Hokkien)
透年 (Hokkien)
長年 / 长年

Noun

成年

(Cantonese, Southern Min) almost a year

Japanese

Kanji in this term
成	年
せい Grade: 4	ねん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーねん [sèénéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

成(せい)年(ねん) • (seinen)

legal age, age (time of life when one attains full person rights), the age of adulthood (18 in Japan)

Antonyms

未成年(みせいねん) (miseinen)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
成	年

Noun

成年 • (seongnyeon) (hangeul 성년)

hanja form^? of 성년 (“adult age”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
成	年

Adjective

成年

chữ Hán form of thành niên (“adult”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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