髫年

Chinese

		tufts of hair on children	year
simp. and trad. (髫年)		髫	年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiáonián

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴ nin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiáonián
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiáonián
  - Wade–Giles: tʻiao²-nien²
  - Yale: tyáu-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyaunian
  - Palladius: тяонянь (tjaonjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tiu⁴ nin⁴
  - Yale: tìuh nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁴ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁴ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹ niːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: dew nen

Rime
Character	髫	年
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	徒聊切	奴顚切
Baxter	dew	nen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deu/	/nen/
Pan Wuyun	/deu/	/nen/
Shao Rongfen	/deu/	/nɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛw/	/nɛn/
Li Rong	/deu/	/nen/
Wang Li	/dieu/	/nien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱieu/	/nien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiáo	nián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tiu⁴	nin⁴

Noun

髫年

(literary) childhood

Synonyms

兒童期 / 儿童期 (értóngqī)
囡仔時 / 囡仔时 (Hokkien)
小時 / 小时 (xiǎoshí)
幼年 (yòunián)
沖齡 / 冲龄 (chōnglíng) (literary, chiefly of a monarch)
童年 (tóngnián)
髫齔 / 髫龀 (tiáochèn)
齠年 / 龆年 (tiáonián) (literary)