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年
Nián
1. surname Nian
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 6 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

年
nián
year; anniversary; a person's age
HSK 1 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

上年
shàngnián
last year
中年
zhōngnián
middle age
享年
xiǎngnián
to live to the (ripe) age of
来年
láinián
next year
元年
yuánnián
first year of Emperor's reign
凶年
xiōngnián
year of famine
光年
guāngnián
light-year
兔年
tùnián
Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
全年
quánnián
the whole year
初年
chūnián
early years
前年
qiánnián
the year before last
千年
qiānnián
millennium
半年
bànnián
half a year
去年
qùnián
last year
HSK 2
同年
tóngnián
the same year
团年
tuánnián
Spring festival family reunion
增年
zēngnián
to lengthen life
壮年
zhuàngnián
lit. robust years
天年
tiānnián
natural life span
学年
xuénián
academic year

Alternate Entries

年
nián
year / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 1
年
nián
grain / harvest (old) / variant of [[年<nián>]]
HSK 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
44
Word Frequency Rank
179 of 84,292

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