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年年

年年

Chinese

		year	year
simp. and trad. (年年)		年	年

Adverb

年年

year after year; year in, year out; every year

Synonyms

每年 (měinián)

See also

每日 (měirì)
每天 (měitiān)
每週／每周 (měizhōu)
年復一年／年复一年 (niánfùyīnián)
天天 (tiāntiān)

Derived terms

年年有餘／年年有余 (niánniányǒuyú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	年
とし Grade: 1	とし > どし Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

年々

Noun

年年 ‎(hiragana としどし, romaji toshidoshi)

every year, year by year

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): niánnián

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ nin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-ngièn / ngiàn-ngiàn
Min Nan (POJ): nî-nî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: niánnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niannian
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nin⁴ nin⁴
  - Yale: nìhn nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ nin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ niːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² ngian²
  - IPA: /ɲi̯en¹¹ ɲi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² ngian²
  - IPA: /ɲi̯an¹¹ ɲi̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-nî
  - Tâi-lô: nî-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ninii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ni²⁴⁻²² ni²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ni²⁴⁻²² ni²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ni¹³⁻²² ni¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ni²⁴⁻¹¹ ni²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ni²³⁻³³ ni²³/