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成年

Mandarin · pinyin chéng nián

to grow to adulthood
fully grown; adult
the whole year

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成: chéng · completed, finished, fixed
年: nián · year; new-years; person's age

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2–2 · cheng2 nian2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sing4 nin4

Cantonese word readings for 成年. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to become an adult; to grow up; to come of age

adv

(informal) all year; for the whole year
(Cantonese, Southern Min) for almost a year

noun

(Cantonese, Southern Min) almost a year

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