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年纪

nián jì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 年紀 Measure word 把、个

年纪 (nián jì) means "age". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 年纪 means

1. age

The characters in 年纪

• 年niányear
• 纪jìorder; discipline; age

Example sentences

• 汤姆年纪比我大。
  Tom is older than I.
• 她年纪比汤姆大。
  She's older than Tom.
• 我比他年纪还大。
  I am yet older than he is.
• 周年纪念很重要。
  Anniversaries are important.
• 她大约跟我同年纪。
  Tā dàyuē gēn wǒ tóng niánjì.
  She's about my age.
• 学习是不分年纪的。
  Xuéxí shì bù fēn niánjì de.
  You can study, no matter your age.

Words starting with 年纪

• 年纪轻轻nián jì qīng qīngat such a young age; so young

Words containing 年纪

• 上年纪shàng nián jì(of a person) to get old
• 上了年纪shàng le nián jìto be getting on in years; to be of the older generation
• 一把年纪yī bǎ nián jìto be getting on in years; an advanced age

Where 年纪 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Time Periods & Schedules (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read nián jì correctly.
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