nián

年

Definitions

noun

year

wǒ我kāi开le了sān三nián年chū zū chē出租车le了。

I've been driving taxi for 3 years.

wǒ我lái来zhōng guó中国sān三nián年le了。

I've been in China for 3 years.

yì一nián年yǒu有shí十èr二gè个yuè月。

There are 12 months in a year.

tā他zài在běi jīng北京zhù住le了hěn很duō多nián年。

He has lived in Beijing for many years.

xiè xie谢谢dà jiā大家zhè这yī一nián年duì对wǒ我de的bāng zhù帮助。

Thank you all for your help during the past year.

guò过le了líng零diǎn点jiù就shì是xīn新nián年le了。

It's new year after midnight.

xīn新nián年kuài lè快乐!

Happy new Year!

běi jīng北京zhè这jǐ几nián年biàn huà变化hěn很dà大。

Beijing has changed a lot in recent years.

tā men他们shì是rèn shi认识shí十nián年de的lǎo老péng you朋友le了。

They are old friends who have known each other for 10 years.

Hanzi	HSK	Pinyin	English Definition
去年	2	qù nián	last year
年级	3	nián jí	grade
年轻	3	nián qīng	young
年龄	4	nián líng	age
年纪	5	nián jì	age
年代	5	nián dài	age, decade, era
青少年	5	qīng shào nián	teenager, youngster
拜年	6	bài nián	extend New Year greetings
连年	6	lián nián	several years straight
年度	6	nián dù	year
周年	6	zhōu nián	anniversary
逐年	6	zhú nián	year and year
今年		jīn nián	this year