• IPA^(key):/nian/[ni.ãn]
• Rhymes:-ian,-an
• Hyphenation:ni‧an

nian

1. Masculine allocutive form ofnuen.

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation formedun instead ofizan.

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nian

1. accusative singular ofnia

nian

1. Nonstandard spelling ofniān.
2. Nonstandard spelling ofnián.
3. Nonstandard spelling ofniǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling ofniàn.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

nian

1. definitesingular ofnia

   Jag går inian ―I'm inninth grade

2. (slang) theface

• -inna,Nina

nian

1. day

• Jeremy Hammond,The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu (2009), p. 68

• IPA^(key):[nʲɛ̃]

FromMandarin年 (nián).

nian

1. year

   Synonym:lo

   xo wang sannian-de ggo jjhayek jjhang-la-lio ze-li.

   Xiao Wang has studied Chinese for threeyears.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 193)

FromMandarin念 (niàn).

nian

1. toread

   ni ma-genian-di-yek?

   What are youreading?

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 207)

2. torecite

• Erika Sandman (2016)A Grammar of Wutun‎^[1], University of Helsinki (PhD),→ISBN

• níran(SEY)
• nírọn(Ijebu)

Fromní(“to have”) +‎ìan(“memory”), literally“to have a memory”

• IPA^(key):/nĩ́.ꜜã̄/

nían

1. (Ondo)Alternative form ofníran(“toremember”)

   Synonyms:ántí,yèè

2. (Ondo)Alternative form ofníran(“toremind someone”)

   Synonyms:ránlétí,yèlérè

• ìnían(“remembrance”)

• wòan
• ían(“to see”)