nien-hao

noun

The regnal year, reign period, or regnal title used when traditionally numbering years in a Chinese emperor's reign and in naming certain Chinese rulers.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounnien-hao (plural nien-haos or nien-hao)

plural nien-haos

  1. The regnal year, reign period, or regnal title used when traditionally numbering years in a Chinese emperor's reign and in naming certain Chinese rulers.

Origin

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 年號／年号 (niánhào) Wade-Giles romanization nien²-hao⁴.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

nien-hao. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nien-hao

MLA

“nien-hao.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nien-hao. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nien-hao,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nien-hao.

Source: nien-hao on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.