今年

Chinese

 
today; modern; present
today; modern; present; current; this; now
year
trad. (今年) 今 年
simp. #(今年) 今 年

Pronunciation


Note:
  • ging1 ni5 - Chenghai;
  • gi1 ni5 - alternative pronunciation (Chaozhou);
  • gê5 ni5 - alternative pronunciation (Jieyang).
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wiktionary: 1jin-nyi
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕɪɲ⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

Noun

今年

  1. this year
    您今年貴庚?/您今年贵庚?  ―  Nín jīnnián guìgēng?  ―  How old are you this year? [to an unfamiliar elderly person]

Synonyms

Further reading

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
今 年
こ
Grade: 2
とし
Grade: 1
irregular kun’yomi

Compound of 此(こ) (ko, “this”) + 年(とし) (toshi, “year”).

The use of the kanji 今 (“now”) instead of 此 (“this”) is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 今年 (jīnnián).

Pronunciation

Noun

今(こ)年(とし) • (kotoshi) 

  1. this year, the present year
    • 1187, Senzai Wakashū (book 16, poem 1016; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 75)
      契(ちぎ)りおきしさせもが露(つゆ)を命(いのち)にてあはれ今年(ことし)の秋(あき)もいぬめり
      chigiri-okishi sasemo ga tsuyu o inochi ni te aware kotoshi no aki mo inumeri
      I believed in you with all my heart but again this [year in] autumn passes, filled with sadness. Your promises―but vanishing dewdrops of the mugwort blessing![3]

Adverb

今(こ)年(とし) • (kotoshi) 

  1. this year
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
今 年
こん
Grade: 2
ねん
Grade: 1
goon

From Middle Chinese 今年 (MC kˠiɪm nen).

Pronunciation

Noun

今(こん)年(ねん) • (konnen) 

  1. this year, the present year
    Synonym: 本年 (honnen)
Derived terms
  • 今年度(こんねんど) (konnendo)
  • 今明年(こんみょうねん) (konmyōnen)

Coordinate terms

時 (“Time”)
~-2-10+1+2Continual
Day 日一昨日昨日今日明日明後日毎日
Morning 朝一昨朝昨朝今朝明朝—毎朝
Night 晩一昨晩昨晩今晩明晩—毎晩
Week 週先々週先週今週来週再来週毎週
Month 月先々月先月今月来月再来月毎月
Year 年一昨年去年今年来年再来年毎年

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. Peter MacMillan (2018) One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse, Penguin UK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
今年

Noun

今年 • (geumnyeon) (hangeul 금년)

  1. Hanja form? of 금년 (“this year”).
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