十年

Chinese

		ten	year
simp. and trad. (十年)		十	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shínián

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ nin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̍p-ngièn / sṳ̍p-ngiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shínián
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhnián
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-nien²
    • Yale: shŕ-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrnian
    • Palladius: шинянь (šinjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ nin⁴
    • Yale: sahp nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² niːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍p-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: siib ngien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sib⁶ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨp̚⁵ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍p-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: siib ngian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sib⁶ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨp̚⁵ ŋi̯an¹¹/

Noun

十年

1. ten years; decade

Derived terms

• 十年火山 (shínián huǒshān)

 

See also

• 百年 (bǎinián)
• 千年 (qiānnián)
• 萬年／万年 (wànnián)

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
十	年
じゅう Grade: 1	ねん Grade: 1
on'yomi

十 (jū, “ten”) +‎ 年 (-nen, “year”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じゅうねん [júꜜùnèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

十(じゅう)年(ねん) • (jūnen) 

1. ten years; the tenth year

See also

Japanese number-counter combinations for 年(ねん) (nen)
1	2	3	4	5
一(いち)年(ねん) (ichinen)	二(に)年(ねん) (ninen)	三(さん)年(ねん) (sannen)	四(よ)年(ねん) (yonen)	五(ご)年(ねん) (gonen)
6	7	8	9	10
六(ろく)年(ねん) (rokunen)	七(なな)年(ねん) (nananen) 七(しち)年(ねん) (shichinen)	八(はち)年(ねん) (hachinen)	九(きゅう)年(ねん) (kyūnen)	十(じゅう)年(ねん) (jūnen)
100	1,000	10,000	How many? What year?
百(ひゃく)年(ねん) (hyakunen)	千(せん)年(ねん) (sennen)	一(いち)万(まん)年(ねん) (ichimannen)	何(なん)年(ねん) (nannen)