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
Min Nan (POJ): sêng-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chéngnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngnian
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ nin⁴
  - Yale: sìhng nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ nin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ niːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin² ngian²
  - IPA: /sɨn¹¹ ɲi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin² ngian²
  - IPA: /sɨn¹¹ ɲi̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-liân
  - Tâi-lô: sîng-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: senglieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ liɛn²³/

Verb

成年

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

Derived terms

成年人 (chéngniánrén)
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
Min Nan (POJ): chiâⁿ-nî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chéngnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngnian
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seng⁴ nin⁴
  - Yale: sèhng nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: seng⁴ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: séng⁴ nin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɛːŋ²¹ niːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâⁿ-nî
  - Tâi-lô: tsiânn-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvianii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiã²⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiã²⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiã¹³⁻²² nĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiã²⁴⁻¹¹ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiã²³⁻³³ nĩ²³/

Adverb

成年

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

Noun

成年

(Cantonese, Min Nan) almost a year

Japanese

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

Noun

成年 (hiragana せいねん, rōmaji seinen)

legal age, age (time of life when one attains full person rights), the age of adulthood (20 in Japan)

Antonyms

未 (み)成 (せい)年 (ねん) (miseinen)

Korean

Hanja in this term
成	年

Noun

成年 • (seongnyeon) (hangeul 성년)

Hanja form^? of 성년 (“adult age”).

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