今年

Chinese

 
today; modern; present
today; modern; present; current; this; now
year
trad. (今年)
simp. #(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
    今年貴庚今年贵庚   Nín jīnnián guìgēng?   How old are you this year? [to an unfamiliar elderly person]

Synonyms

Further reading

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
とし
Grade: 1
irregular kun’yomi

Compound of () (ko, this) + (とし) (toshi, year).

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

Pronunciation

Noun

()(とし) (kotoshi) 

  1. this year, the present year
    • 1187, Senzai Wakashū (book 16, poem 1016; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 75)
      (ちぎ)りおきしさせもが(つゆ)(いのち)にてあはれ今年(ことし)(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

()(とし) (kotoshi) 

  1. this year
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

From Middle Chinese 今年 (MC kˠiɪm nen).

Pronunciation

Noun

(こん)(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

(Time)
~-2-10+1+2Continual
Day 一昨日昨日今日明日明後日毎日
Morning 一昨朝昨朝今朝明朝毎朝
Night 一昨晩昨晩今晩明晩毎晩
Week 先々週先週今週来週再来週毎週
Month 先々月先月今月来月再来月毎月
Year 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

Noun

今年 (geumnyeon) (hangeul 금년)

  1. Hanja form? of 금년 (this year).
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