終zung1年nin4

English

1. entire year
2. euphemism to inform one's age when one's life ends
3. throughout the year; year-round
4. throughout the year
5. age at death

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 委婉咁表示死者生命終結之時嘅年齡
2. 整整一年；由年頭到年尾

Examples

• 終年積雪

  permanently covered with snow

• 陳先生今朝逝世，終年六十歲。

  Mr. Chan passed away this morning, aged 60.

• 這棵樹終年常綠。

  The tree is green all year round.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 台灣的森林終年常青。

  The forests in Taiwan stay green all year round.

  Tatoeba · mimosawang CC BY

• 落叶树是指会在秋季脱去树叶的树木，与终年保持叶片的常绿树不同。

  A deciduous tree is one that loses its leaves in the autumn, unlike evergreen trees, which keep their leaves all year round.

  Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY