| 1 | 年 | 年 | nián | Nian2 | year; Classifiers: 个 ; grain; harvest (old); variant of 年 ; surname Nian | | |
| 2 | 青年 | 青年 | qīng nián | qing1 nian2 | youth; youthful years; young person; the young | | |
| 3 | 年代 | 年代 | nián dài | nian2 dai4 | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 4 | 今年 | 今年 | jīn nián | jin1 nian2 | this year | | |
| 5 | 去年 | 去年 | qù nián | qu4 nian2 | last year | | |
| 6 | 每年 | 每年 | měi nián | mei3 nian2 | every year; each year; yearly | | |
| 7 | 年轻 | 年輕 | nián qīng | nian2 qing1 | youthful; young | | |
| 8 | 年龄 | 年齡 | nián líng | nian2 ling2 | (a person's) age; Classifiers: 把 | | |
| 9 | 十年 | 十年 | shí nián | shi2 nian2 | ten years | | |
| 10 | 当年 | 當年 | dāng nián | dang1 nian2 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | | |
| 11 | 多年 | 多年 | duō nián | duo1 nian2 | many years | | |
| 12 | 近年来 | 近年來 | jìn nián lái | jin4 nian2 lai2 | for the past few years | | |
| 13 | 少年 | 少年 | shào nián | shao4 nian2 | early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man | | |
| 14 | 青少年 | 青少年 | qīng shào nián | qing1 shao4 nian2 | adolescent; youth; teenager | | |
| 15 | 年前 | 年前 | nián qián | nian2 qian2 | before the end of the year; before the new year | | |
| 16 | 年间 | 年間 | nián jiān | nian2 jian1 | in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade) | | |
| 17 | 半年 | 半年 | bàn nián | ban4 nian2 | half a year | | |
| 18 | 年纪 | 年紀 | nián jì | nian2 ji4 | age; Classifiers: 把 | | |
| 19 | 年轻人 | 年輕人 | nián qīng rén | nian2 qing1 ren2 | young people; youngster | | |
| 20 | 青年人 | 青年人 | qīng nián rén | qing1 nian2 ren2 | young person; the young | | |
| 21 | 年级 | 年級 | nián jí | nian2 ji2 | grade; year (in school, college etc); Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 22 | 年底 | 年底 | nián dǐ | nian2 di3 | the end of the year; year-end | | |
| 23 | 老年人 | 老年人 | lǎo nián rén | lao3 nian2 ren2 | old people; the elderly | | |
| 24 | 多年来 | 多年來 | duō nián lái | duo1 nian2 lai2 | for the past many years | | |
| 25 | 明年 | 明年 | míng nián | ming2 nian2 | next year | | |