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十
年
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Jyutping
sap6 nin4
Pinyin
shí nián
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun
ten years; decade
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
十年后,我们的城市将改变许多。
十年後,我們的城市將改變許多。
shí nián hòu , wǒ men de chéng shì jiāng gǎi biàn xǔ duō 。
In ten years our town will change a lot.
Mandarin
他十年中第一次回家。
他十年中第一次回家。
tā shí nián zhōng dì yī cì huí jiā 。
He returned home for the first time in ten years.
Mandarin
来到东京之前,我们在大阪住过十年。
來到東京之前,我們在大阪住過十年。
lái dào dōng jīng zhī qián , wǒ men zài dà bǎn zhù guò shí nián 。
We lived in Osaka for ten years before we came to Tokyo.
Mandarin
我来这里已有十年了。
我來這裏已有十年了。
wǒ lái zhè lǐ yǐ yǒu shí nián le 。
It has been ten years since I came here.
Mandarin
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩。
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng 。
Once bitten, twice shy.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
Cantonese
过咗差唔多十年,你都仲系同以前一样咁靓。
過咗差唔多十年,你都仲係同以前一樣咁靚。
gwo3 zo2 caai1 m4 do1 sap6 nin4 , nei5 dou1 zung6 hai6 tung4 ji5 cin4 jat1 joeng6 gam3 leng3 。
It's been almost ten years, but you're as beautiful as ever.
Cantonese
过咗十年喇!
過咗十年喇!
gwo3 zo2 sap6 nin4 laa3 !
Ten years have gone by.
Cantonese
听讲今个冬天系呢十年嚟最冻嘅冬天㖞。
聽講今個冬天係呢十年嚟最凍嘅冬天喎。
teng1 gong2 gam1 go3 dung1 tin1 hai6 nei4 sap6 nin4 lai4 zeoi3 dung3 ge3 dung1 tin1 wo5 。
I hear this is the coldest winter we have had in the past ten years.
Cantonese
我已经喺呢度做咗十年喇。
我已經喺呢度做咗十年喇。
ngo5 ji5 ging1 hai2 nei4 dou6 zou6 zo2 sap6 nin4 laa3 。
I've worked here for ten years.
Cantonese
佢照顾佢个病咗嘅细妹已经照顾咗十年喇。
佢照顧佢個病咗嘅細妹已經照顧咗十年喇。
keoi5 ziu3 gu3 keoi5 go3 beng6 zo2 ge3 sai3 mui1 ji5 ging1 ziu3 gu3 zo2 sap6 nin4 laa3 。
She has been looking after her sick sister for ten years.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
黄金价格现正处于十年高水位。
黃金價格現正處於十年高水位。
wong4 gam1 gaa3 gaak3 jin6 zing3 cyu5 jyu1 sap6 nin4 gou1 seoi2 wai2.
Gold price marks a 10-year high.
Cantonese
佢大我十年。
佢大我十年。
keoi5 daai6 ngo5 sap6 nin4.
He's ten years older than me.
Cantonese
佢鼻敏感咗三十年,最近先至发觉原来罪魁祸首系花粉。
佢鼻敏感咗三十年,最近先至發覺原來罪魁禍首係花粉。
keoi5 bei6 man5 gam2 zo2 saam1 sap6 nin4, zeoi3 gan6 sin1 zi3 faat3 gok3 jyun4 loi4 zeoi6 fui1 wo6 sau2 hai6 faa1 fan2.
He has nasal allergy for 30 years, but he has just recently discovered that the chief cause is pollen.
Cantonese
二十年前揾一万蚊一个月已经好巴闭㗎嚹。
二十年前揾一萬蚊一個月已經好巴閉㗎嚹。
ji6 sap6 nin4 cin4 wan2 jat1 maan6 man1 jat1 go3 jyut6 ji5 ging1 hou2 baa1 bai3 gaa3 laa3.
Earning $10,000 a month was a big deal 20 years ago.
Cantonese
虽然佢喺呢个国家住咗十年,但系佢唔想入籍。
雖然佢喺呢個國家住咗十年,但係佢唔想入籍。
seoi1 jin4 keoi5 hai2 ni1 go3 gwok3 gaa1 zyu6 zo2 sap6 nin4, daan6 hai6 keoi5 m4 soeng2 jap6 zik6.
Although he has been living in this country for 10 years, he does not want to naturalise.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
现在压迫子女的,有时也就是十年前的家庭革命者。
現在壓迫子女的,有時也就是十年前的家庭革命者。
xiàn zài yā pò zǐ nǚ de , yǒu shí yě jiù shì shí nián qián de jiā tíng gé mìng zhě .
Some of the current oppressors of children are precisely the revolutionaries of family life from ten years ago.
Cantonese
呢份工佢做死三十年。
呢份工佢做死三十年。
ni1 fan6 gung1 keoi5 zou6 sei2 saam1 sap6 nin4.
He has been stubbornly doing this job for thirty years.
Cantonese
细佢几十年
細佢幾十年
sai3 keoi5 gei2 sap6 nin4
younger than them by a couple decades
Cantonese
佢喺监仓踎咗十年。
佢喺监仓踎咗十年。
keoi5 hai2 gaam1 cong1 mau1 zo2 sap6 nin4.
He was stuck in jail for 10 years.
Mandarin
南京市将大刀阔斧地对延续几十年的行政审批制度进行全面改革。
南京市將大刀闊斧地對延續幾十年的行政審批制度進行全面改革。
nán jīng shì jiāng dà dāo kuò fǔ dì duì yán xù jǐ shí nián de xíng zhèng shěn pī zhì dù jìn xíng quán miàn gǎi gé .
The city of Nanjing will carry out drastic and comprehensive reforms to its administrative vetting and approval system; a system which has lasted for several decades.