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去年

qù nián

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word

去年 (qù nián) means "last year". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 去年 means

1. last year

The characters in 去年

• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last
• 年niányear

Example sentences

• 她去年出生。
  She was born last year.
• 去年他转校了。
  Qùnián tā zhuǎnxiào le.
  He changed schools last year.
• 去年桃子丰收。
  Qùnián táozi fēngshōu.
  There was a large harvest of peaches last year.

Words starting with 去年

• 去年底qù nián dǐlate last year; the end of last year

Where 去年 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Time Expressions (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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