# 年齡
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): niánlíng
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyian$^2$ nin$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nin$^4$ ling$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-lìn / ngiàn-lìn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ngian$^2$ lin$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): nièng-lìng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liân-lêng / nî-lêng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ni$^5$ lêng$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gni-lin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: niánlíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: niánlíng
*** Wade–Giles: nien$^2$-ling$^2$
*** Yale: nyán-líng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianling
*** Palladius: няньлин (njanʹlin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni̯ɛn³⁵ liŋ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nyian$^2$ nin$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: nian lin
*** Sinological IPA : /nʲiɛn²¹ nin²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nin$^4$ ling$^4$
*** Yale: nìhn lìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nin$^4$ ling$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nin$^4$ ling$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /niːn²¹ lɪŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-lìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngien$^ˇ$ lin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngian$^2$ lin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ lin¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-lìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngian$^ˇ$ lin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngian$^2$ lin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ lin¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngian$^2$ lin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋian¹¹ lin¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: nièng-lìng
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡieŋ⁵³⁻³³ $^{(l-)}$nˡiŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-lêng
*** Tâi-lô: liân-lîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lienleeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-lêng
*** Tâi-lô: nî-lîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nileeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ni$^5$ lêng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nî lêng
*** Sinological IPA : /ni⁵⁵⁻¹¹ leŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gni-lin
*** MiniDict: nyi$^去$ lin
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyi-lin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² lin⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: nen leng
Rime :
| Character | 年 | 齡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 泥 (8) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 奴顚切 | 郎丁切 |
| Baxter | nen | leng |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /nen/ | /leŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /nen/ | /leŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /nɛn/ | /lɛŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /nɛn/ | /lɛjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /nen/ | /leŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /nien/ | /lieŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /nien/ | /lieŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | nián | líng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | nin$^4$ | ling$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*niːŋ reːŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 年 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | nián |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nen › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.nˁi[ŋ]/ |
| English | 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 | 年 | 齡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 9482 | 8288 |
| Phonetic component | 秊 | 令 |
| Rime group | 眞 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | | 靈 |
| Old Chinese | /*niːŋ/ | /*reːŋ/ |
| Notes | 同秊 | |

### Noun

年齡
* age (of a person, plant, heavenly body, etc.)
    年齡分佈／年龄分布 ― niánlíng fēnbù ― age distribution
    法定年齡／法定年龄 ― fǎdìng niánlíng ― legal age
    年齡階段／年龄阶段 ― niánlíng jiēduàn ― stage of (a person's) life

#### Usage notes

年齡／年龄 (niánlíng) and 年紀／年纪 (niánjì) are different in that the former can refer to the age of a person, plant or heavenly body, while the latter can only refer to the age of a person.

#### Synonyms

* 年事 (niánshì)
* 年歲／年岁 (niánsuì)
* 年紀／年纪 (niánjì)
* 年齒／年齿 (niánchǐ) (literary, of a person, in years)
* 歲子／岁子 (Hokkien)
* 歲數／岁数 (suìshu)
* 歲聲／岁声 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 歲頭／岁头 (Hokkien)
* 齒髮／齿发 (chǐfà) (literary, humble)

#### Derived terms

* 實足年齡／实足年龄
* 年齡層／年龄层
* 年齡黨／年龄党 (niánlíngdǎng)
* 心智年齡／心智年龄 (xīnzhì niánlíng)
* 心理年齡／心理年龄 (xīnlǐ niánlíng)
* 成人年齡／成人年龄 (chéngrén niánlíng)
* 成年年齡／成年年龄 (chéngnián niánlíng)
* 智力年齡／智力年龄
* 法定年齡／法定年龄 (fǎdìng niánlíng)
* 生理年齡／生理年龄 (shēnglǐ niánlíng)
* 適婚年齡／适婚年龄
* 骨齡／骨龄 (gǔlíng)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 年齢(ねんれい) (nenrei)
* → Korean: 연령(年齡) (yeollyeong)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 年 | 齡 |

### Noun

年齡 • (yeollyeong) (hangeul 연령)
* hanja form of 연령 (“(someone's) age”)