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HSK 2
年
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
上年
shàngnián
last year
中年
zhōngnián
middle age
享年
xiǎngnián
to live to the (ripe) age of
今年
jīnnián
this year
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
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
Example Sentences (10)
你来中国才一年，汉语就说得这么流利，真厉害！
Nǐ lái zhōngguó cái yìnián, hànyǔ jiù shuō de zhème liúlì, zhēn lìhài!
You've been in China for only a year, and you already speak Chinese so fluently. Really impressive!
Text 1
筷子在中国大约已经有3000多年的历史了。
Kuàizi zài Zhōngguó dàyuē yǐjīng yǒu sān qiān duō nián de lìshǐ le.
Chopsticks have a history of over 3,000 years in China.
Text 4
你看人家王老师，刚来这儿工作三年就当了教授，还有个好妻子，真让人羡慕！
Nǐ kàn rénjiā Wáng lǎoshī, gāng lái zhèr gōngzuò sān nián jiù dāng le jiàoshòu, hái yǒu gè hǎo qīzǐ, zhēn ràng rén xiànmù!
Look at Teacher Wang: he came here to work only three years ago and already became a professor, and he even has a good wife. It really makes people envious!
Text 2
来中国快一年了，你适应这儿的生活了吗？
Lái Zhōngguó kuài yī nián le, nǐ shìyìng zhèr de shēnghuó le ma?
You've been in China for almost a year. Have you gotten used to life here?
Text 1
时间过得真快，新的一年快要到了！
Shíjiān guò de zhēn kuài, xīn de yì nián kuài yào dào le!
Time flies, the new year is almost here!
Text 2
老师，我来中国留学两年了，但是我的汉语水平提高得一点儿也不快啊。
Lǎoshī, wǒ lái Zhōngguó liúxué liǎng nián le, dànshì wǒ de Hànyǔ shuǐpíng tígāo de yìdiǎnr yě bù kuài a.
Teacher, I've been studying in China for two years, but my Chinese isn't improving fast at all.
Text 1
茶在中国有几千年的历史，是中国最常见的饮料。
Chá zài Zhōngguó yǒu jǐ qiān nián de lìshǐ, shì Zhōngguó zuì chángjiàn de yǐnliào.
Tea has a history of several thousand years in China, and is China's most common beverage.
Text 5
快五年了，你几乎没变化。
Kuài wǔ nián le, nǐ jīhū méi biànhuà.
It's been almost five years; you have hardly changed.
Text 4
听说您跟妻子结婚快二十年了？
Tīng shuō nín gēn qī zi jié hūn kuài èr shí nián le?
I heard you and your wife have been married for almost twenty years?
Text 3
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 44
- Word Frequency Rank
- 179 of 84,292