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年
nián
1. year
2. CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 6 strokes

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
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
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

Example Sentences (10)

我们一年没见面了吧？
Wǒmen yì nián méi jiànmiàn le ba?
We haven't met for a year, right?
Text 3
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
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
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
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
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
到6月9号，我们就结婚二十年了。这么多年，我们的生活一直挺幸福的。
Dào liù yuè jiǔ hào, wǒmen jiù jiéhūn èrshí nián le. Zhème duō nián, wǒmen de shēnghuó yìzhí tǐng xìngfú de.
By June 9th, we'll have been married for twenty years. All these years, our life has always been quite happy.
Text 3
是啊，谢谢大家这一年对我的帮助！
Shì a,xièxie dàjiā zhè yí nián duì wǒ de bāngzhù!
Yeah, thank you all for your help this year!
Text 2
到6月9号，我们就结婚二十年了。这么多年，我们的生活一直挺幸福的。
Dào liù yuè jiǔ hào, wǒmen jiù jiéhūn èrshí nián le. Zhème duō nián, wǒmen de shēnghuó yìzhí tǐng xìngfú de.
By June 9th, we'll have been married for twenty years. All these years, our life has always been quite happy.
Text 3
我们是2011年9月认识的。
Wǒmen shì 2011 nián 9 yuè rènshi de.
We met in September 2011.
Text 1

Alternate Entries

年
Nián
surname Nian
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