周年

See also: 週年

Chinese

		encircle; circuit; complete encircle; circuit; complete; lap; week; cycle; all; every; attentive; thoughtful	year
trad. (周年/週年)		周/週	年
simp. (周年)		周	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōunián

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹ nin⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiu-nî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziu¹ ni⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tseu-gni

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōunián
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhounián
    • Wade–Giles: chou¹-nien²
    • Yale: jōu-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jounian
    • Palladius: чжоунянь (čžounjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zau¹ nin⁴
    • Yale: jāu nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ niːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiu-nî
    • Tâi-lô: tsiu-nî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciunii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu³³ nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻³³ nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻³³ nĩ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziu¹ ni⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiu nî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siu³³⁻²³ ni⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tseu-gni
    • MiniDict: tseu^平 nyi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tseu-nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɤ⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyuw nen

Rime
Character	周	年
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	職流切	奴顚切
Baxter	tsyuw	nen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨu/	/nen/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiu/	/nen/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiəu/	/nɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuw/	/nɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiu/	/nen/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭəu/	/nien/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/	/nien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōu	nián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau1	nin4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tiw  C.nˤi[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯw  niːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	周	年
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhōu	nián
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyuw ›	‹ nen ›
Old Chinese	/*tiw/	/*C.nˁi[ŋ]/
English	cycle; all around	harvest; year
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	周	年
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17531	9482
Phonetic component	周	秊
Rime group	幽	眞
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	周
Old Chinese	/*tjɯw/	/*niːŋ/
Notes	甲金文象田間稼密， 爲稠初文	同秊

Noun

周年

1. anniversary

   建國100週年／建国100周年  ―  jiànguó 100 zhōunián  ―  100th anniversary of the country's foundation

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (周年):

• → Japanese: 周(しゅう)年(ねん) (shūnen)
• → Korean: 주년(周年) (junyeon)
• → Vietnamese: chu niên (周年)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
周	年
しゅう Grade: 4	ねん Grade: 1
kan'on	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅうねん [shùúnéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

周(しゅう)年(ねん) • (shūnen) ^{←しうねん (siunen)?}

1. anniversary

Korean

Hanja in this term
周	年

Noun

周年 • (junyeon) (hangeul 주년)

1. hanja form^? of 주년 (“anniversary”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
周	年

Noun

周年

1. chữ Hán form of chu niên (“anniversary”).