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年轮

nián lún

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 年輪

年轮 (nián lún) means "annual ring; growth ring". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 年轮 means

1. annual ring
2. growth ring

The characters in 年轮

• 年niányear
• 轮lúnwheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate

Example sentences

• 科学家研究了树木年轮的数据。
  The scientists looked at tree-ring data.
• 根据木头切面的年轮，可以判断树的年龄。
  The age of a tree can be determined from the annual rings seen on a saw cut.
• 我数了一下，这样一棵松树有三百多圈年轮。而砍倒它只需要15分钟。
  I counted. A pine tree like this has over three hundred annual rings, yet it took only 15 minutes to cut it down.

Words starting with 年轮

• 年轮蛋糕nián lún dàn gāobaumkuchen (cake)

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