童年

Chinese

		boy; child; children	year
simp. and trad. (童年)		童	年
Literally: “children's years”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóngnián

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tung⁴ nin⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): huung³ nen³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): tùng-ngièn / tùng-ngiàn

(Meixian, Guangdong): tung² ngian²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tông-liân

(Teochew, Peng'im): tong⁵ ni⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóngnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóngnián
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²-nien²
  - Yale: túng-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngnian
  - Palladius: туннянь (tunnjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ nin⁴
  - Yale: tùhng nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ niːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    童年
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: huung³ nen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵŋ²² ⁿden²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tùng-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: dungˇ ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dung² ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /tuŋ¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tùng-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: dungˇ ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dung² ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /tuŋ¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tung² ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰʊŋ¹¹ ŋian¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-liân
  - Tâi-lô: tông-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: donglieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ liɛn²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tong⁵ ni⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thông nî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ni⁵⁵/

Noun

童年

childhood; infancy (Classifier: 個／个)
童年的朋友 ― tóngnián de péngyǒu ― childhood friend

給孩子一個美好的童年 [MSC, trad.]
给孩子一个美好的童年 [MSC, simp.]
gěi háizi yīge měihǎo de tóngnián [Pinyin]
to give children a happy childhood

她根本就沒有童年。 [MSC, trad.]
她根本就没有童年。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā gēnběn jiù méiyǒu tóngnián. [Pinyin]
She didn't have any kind of childhood.

Synonyms

兒童期／儿童期 (értóngqī)
小時／小时 (xiǎoshí)
幼年 (yòunián)
沖齡／冲龄 (chōnglíng) (literary, chiefly of a monarch)
髫年 (tiáonián) (literary)
髫齔／髫龀 (tiáochèn)
齠年／龆年 (tiáonián) (literary)

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