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Pinyin: nián
English Definition: year; Classifiers:
Chinese Definition:
①地球绕太阳一周的时间:一年。三年五载。
②每年的:年会。年鉴。年利。年薪。
③一年的开始:年节。新年。
④有关年节的(用品):年画。年礼。年货。
⑤时期,时代:近年。年华。年号(a.帝王用的纪年名称;b.公元纪年名称)。年限。年深日久。
⑥收成:年成。年景。年谨。荒年。
⑦岁数:年纪。年事(岁数)。年高。年轮。
⑧人一生所经年岁的分期:幼年。童年。青年。壮年。中年。老年。
⑨科举时代同年考中者的互称:年兄。年谊(同年登科的关系)。
⑩姓氏。
Total strokes: 6; Radical:
Ideographic: A man carrying grain, representing the annual harvest
Character Formation:
  • Overlaid
    • [ gàn ] arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
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Example Words
青年 qīng nián youth; youthful years; young person; the young
今年 jīn nián this year
去年 nián last year
年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; Classifiers:
年轻 nián qīng young
More: 年* | *年 | *年*
Example Sentences
1
Happy New Year!
2
Next year is the year of the rabbit.
3
I am ten years old this year.
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I am 20 years old this year.
5
He will come back after half a year.