年華

See also: 年华

Chinese

	year	flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain
trad. (年華)	年	華
simp. (年华)	年	华
anagram	華年／华年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niánhuá

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ waa⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-fà / ngiàn-fà
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-hôa / liân-hôa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niánhuá
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niánhuá
  - Wade–Giles: nien²-hua²
  - Yale: nyán-hwá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianhwa
  - Palladius: няньхуа (njanʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nin⁴ waa⁴
  - Yale: nìhn wàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ waa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ wa⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ waː²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-fà
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien^ˇ fa^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² fa²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ fa¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-fà
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian^ˇ fa^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² fa²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ fa¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-hôa
  - Tâi-lô: nî-huâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'hoaa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ hua²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ hua²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² hua²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-hôa
  - Tâi-lô: liân-huâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lienhoaa
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² hua²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² hua¹³/

Noun

年華

times; period; age (usually with a positive connotation)

Synonyms

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世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
世代 (shìdài) (literary)
光陰／光阴 (Dungan)
年代 (niándài)
年候兒／年候儿 (niánhour) (Beijing Mandarin)
年歲／年岁 (niánsuì)
時代／时代 (shídài)
時期／时期 (shíqī)
朝代 (cháodài)
歲月／岁月 (suìyuè)

Derived terms