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回歸年

简回归年 · 繁回歸年

Mandarin · pinyin huí guī nián

the solar year
the year defined as the period between successive equinoxes

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回: huí · return, turn around; a time
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年: nián · year; new-years; person's age
归: guī · return; return to, revert to

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2–1–2 · hui2 gui1 nian2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wui4 gwai1 nin4

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noun

tropical year

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