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舊年

简旧年 · 繁舊年

Mandarin · pinyin jiù nián

last year
the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar)

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年: nián · year; new-years; person's age
旧: jiù · old, ancient; former, past

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4–2 · jiu4 nian2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gau6 nin2

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

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noun

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Southern Min, Puxian Min, Wu or literary) last year
Chinese New Year
(Chongzuo Pinghua) the year before last
(Loudi Xiang) previous years

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