知命之年

Chinese

		age of fifty; to understand the Decree of Heaven; to know destiny	's; him/her/it; this	year
simp. and trad. (知命之年)		知命	之	年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhīmìngzhīnián

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ ming⁶ zi¹ nin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhīmìngzhīnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhihmìngjhihnián
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹-ming⁴-chih¹-nien²
  - Yale: jr̄-mìng-jr̄-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyminqjynian
  - Palladius: чжиминчжинянь (čžiminčžinjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ njɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ ming⁶ zi¹ nin⁴
  - Yale: jī mihng jī nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ ming⁶ dzi¹ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ming⁶ ji¹ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ mɪŋ²² t͡siː⁵⁵ niːn²¹/

Idiom

知命之年

50 years old; to be a quinquagenarian

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