See Also: nien hao(dictionary)

nien hao (iou)



nien hao noun phr. Pl. same, -s. L19.
[Chinese nianhao lit. 'reign year'.]
A title given to (part of) the reign of a Chinese emperor, used in imperial China as a system of dating. Also, a mark (signifying the reign of a particular emperor) used on Chinese pottery or porcelain to indicate an object's period of manufacture.