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Jyutping nin4 sang1
Pinyin nián shēng

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. born in year; the time, date, month, year of someone's birth
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    annual
  2. noun, Hakka
    grade; year
    (syn.) 年級, 級, 年班, 號, 年生
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    一九七二年生的。
    一九七二年生的。
    yī jiǔ qī èr nián shēng de 。
    • I was born in 1972.
  2. Mandarin
    小王,你是哪年生的?
    小王,你是哪年生的?
    xiǎo wáng , nǐ shì nǎ nián shēng de ?
    • Wang, what year were you born?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢个名人嘅童年生活鲜为人知。
    呢個名人嘅童年生活鮮為人知。
    ni1 go3 ming4 jan4 ge3 tung4 nin4 sang1 wut6 sin2 wai4 jan4 zi1.
    • The childhood of this celebrity is not well-known.
  2. Cantonese
    老年生活
    老年生活
    lou5 nin4 sang1 wut6
    • Elderly life
  3. Cantonese
    佢咩唔中意iPad呀,佢今年生日收到都不知几开心。
    佢咩唔中意iPad呀,佢今年生日收到都不知幾開心。
    keoi5 me1 m4 zung1 ji3 aai1 paat1 aa3, keoi5 gam1 nin2 saang1 jat6 sau1 dou2 dou1 bat1 zi1 gei2 hoi1 sam1.
    • He doesn't like iPad? You have no idea how happy he was when he got it on his birthday this year.
  4. Cantonese
    佢咩唔中意iPad呀,佢今年生日收到都唔知几开心。
    佢咩唔中意iPad呀,佢今年生日收到都唔知幾開心。
    keoi5 me1 m4 zung1 ji3 aai1 paat1 aa3, keoi5 gam1 nin2 saang1 jat6 sau1 dou2 dou1 m4 zi1 gei2 hoi1 sam1.
    • He doesn't like iPad? You have no idea how happy he was when he got it on his birthday this year.
  5. Cantonese
    隔篱屋王生上年生咗个仔,今年生咗个女,啱啱好凑够一个好字。
    隔籬屋王生上年生咗個仔,今年生咗個女,啱啱好湊夠一個好字。
    gaak3 lei4 uk1 wong4 saang1 soeng6 nin2 saang1 zo2 go3 zai2, gam1 nin2 saang1 zo3 go3 neoi2, ngaam1 ngaam1 hou2 cau3 gau3 jat1 go3 hou2 zi6.
    • Last year our neighbour Mr. Wong, who gave birth to a son, and got a daughter this year. Which fits perfectly as the combination of a Hon character, called 'good'(left: daughter, right: son).
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    一年生植物
    一年生植物
    yī nián shēng zhí wù
    • annual plant; annual