HSK 1 vocabulary › 年
年
年 in English: year
nián
year
How to pronounce 年
nián (without tone marks: nian). nián is a second (rising) tone.
Characters in 年
年 nián
year; grain; harvest (old)
year; grain; harvest (old)
Example sentences with 年
| 街角的电影院已经开了四十年，但是最近观众越来越少，经理不得不考虑关门。 | from New Viewers at the Old Cinema |
| 卖菜二十年的周叔担心市场迟早会消失。 | from A New Plan for the Traditional Market |
| 我们准备了半年的音乐演出，却在演出当天遇到暴雨。 | from The Performance Without an Audience |
Related words
| 去年 | qù nián | last year | HSK 2 |
| 年级 | nián jí | grade; year (in school, college etc) | HSK 3 |
| 年轻 | nián qīng | young | HSK 3 |
| 年龄 | nián líng | age | HSK 4 |
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age | HSK 5 |
| 年纪 | nián jì | age | HSK 5 |
| 青少年 | qīng shào nián | adolescent; youth | HSK 5 |
| 拜年 | bài nián | to pay a New Year call; to wish sb a Happy New Year | HSK 6 |
| 连年 | lián nián | successive years; over many years | HSK 6 |
| 年度 | nián dù | year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual | HSK 6 |