年頭 [－头]

Jyutping nin4 tau4
Pinyin nián tóu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. start of the year
  2. whole year
  3. a particular year
  4. period
  5. days
  6. epoch
  7. a year's harvest
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    年​；​用​嚟​表達​時間​流逝​（​唔​可以​同​前​、​後​共用​）
    year; used to convey a sense of passage of time, can only be used for duration and never with 前cin4 (back, ago) or 後hau6 (after)
    • 三個年頭
      三个年头
      saam1 go3 nin4 tau4
      three years
    • 我喺度打工已經十個年頭喇。
      我喺度打工已经十个年头喇。
      ngo5 hai2 dou6 daa2 gung1 ji5 ging1 sap6 go3 nin4 tau4 laa3.
      It's been ten years since I started working here.
  2. 名詞
    一年​嘅​開​始​；​年初
    beginning of a year
    • 年頭出世
      年头出世
      nin4 tau4 ceot1 sai3
      born at the beginning of the year
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
  2. 年初
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    别忘了这年头好工作已经很难找了。
    別忘了這年頭好工作已經很難找了。
    bié wàng le zhè nián tóu hǎo gōng zuò yǐ jīng hěn nán zhǎo le 。
    • Don't forget that good jobs are very hard to come by these days.
  2. Mandarin
    婚姻走过十个年头一切只是例行公事。
    婚姻走過十個年頭一切隻是例行公事。
    hūn yīn zǒu guò shí gè nián tóu yī qiè zhī shì lì xíng gōng shì 。
    • Ten years after the wedding, everything is just routine.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    年头忙到年中，都没时间放假。
    年頭忙到年中，都冇時間放假。
    nin4 tau4 mong4 dou3 nin4 zung1, dou1 mou5 si4 gaan3 fong3 gaa3.
    • I have been very busy in a year and have no time for holidays.
  2. Cantonese
    年头作福，年尾还神。
    年頭作福，年尾還神。
    nin4 tau4 zok3 fuk1, nin4 mei5 waan4 san4.
    • Pray when the year (in the "lunar" calendar) starts; thank deities when it ends.
  3. Cantonese
    三个年头
    三個年頭
    saam1 go3 nin4 tau4
    • three years
  4. Cantonese
    我喺度打工已经十个年头喇。
    我喺度打工已經十個年頭喇。
    ngo5 hai2 dou6 daa2 gung1 ji5 ging1 sap6 go3 nin4 tau4 laa3.
    • It's been ten years since I started working here.
  5. Cantonese
    年头出世
    年頭出世
    nin4 tau4 ceot1 sai3
    • born at the beginning of the year