平年

Chinese

		flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful	year
simp. and trad. (平年)		平	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píngnián
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²-nien²
    • Yale: píng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngnian
    • Palladius: пиннянь (pinnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ nin⁴
    • Yale: pìhng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ niːn²¹/

Noun

平年

1. common year

Antonyms

• 閏年／闰年 (rùnnián)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
平	年
へい Grade: 3	ねん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へーねん [hèénéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [he̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

平(へい)年(ねん) • (heinen) 

1. (calendar) common year

   西暦1900年(せいれきせんきゅうひゃくねん)は平年(へいねん)だったが、西暦2000年(せいれきにせん　ねん)は閏年(じゅんねん)だった。

   Seireki senkyūhyaku nen wa heinen datta ga, seireki nisen nen wa junnen datta.

   1900 A.D. was a common year, but 2000 A.D. was a leap year.

2. (climate) normal, average year in terms of weather or other natural phenomena

   平年(へいねん)より８日(ようか)、去年(きょねん)よりも６日(むいか)いずれも早(はや)く初雪(はつゆき)が降(ふ)った。

   Heinen yori yōka, kyonen yori mo muika izure mo hayaku hatsuyuki ga futta.

   The first snow fell eight days earlier than average years and six days earlier than last year.

3. (agriculture) average year; neither rich year nor poor year.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “common year”): 閏年(じゅんねん) (junnen, “leap year”)、閏年(うるうどし) (urūdoshi)
• (antonym(s) of “agriculture; average year”): 豊年(ほうねん) (hōnen, “rich year”), 凶年(きょうねん) (kyōnen, “poor year”)

Related terms

• (common year): 平閏(へいじゅん) (heijun, “common or leap”)

References

• “平年”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
平	年

Noun

平年 • (pyeongnyeon) (hangeul 평년)

1. hanja form^? of 평년 (“common year”)