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年

nián

HSK 1 Character Measure word 个

What 年 means

1. year

Other readings

年 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• niángrain; harvest (old); variant of {年|nián}
• Niánsurname Nian

Example sentences

• 过年了。
  It's the new year.
• 英年早逝。
  Yīngniánzǎoshì.
  Whom the gods love die young.
• 新年快乐！
  Xīnniánkuàilè!
  Happy New Year!
• 鸡年大吉！
  Jīnián dàjí!
  Happy year of the rooster!
• 你几年级？
  What grade are you in?
• 你还年轻。
  You're still green.

Words starting with 年

• 年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era
• 年轻nián qīngyoung
• 年级nián jígrade; year (in school, college etc)
• 年龄nián líng(a person's) age
• 年纪nián jìage
• 年度nián dùyear (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual
• 年轻人nián qīng rényoung people; youngster
• 年底nián dǐthe end of the year; year-end
• 年间nián jiānin the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade)
• 年初nián chūbeginning of the year
• 年年nián niányear after year; yearly; every year; annually
• 年头nián tóustart of the year; whole year; a particular year
• 年青nián qīngyouthful
• 年华nián huáyears; time; age
• 年报nián bàoannual report; annual publication
• 年薪nián xīnannual salary
• 年少nián shàoyoung; junior
• 年上nián shàng(slang) the older person in a romantic relationship; an older partner
• 年终nián zhōngend of the year
• 年长nián zhǎngsenior
• 年老nián lǎoaged
• 年末nián mòend of the year
• 年月nián yuèmonths and year; time; days of one's life
• 年成nián chengthe year's harvest

Words containing 年

• 去年qù niánlast year
• 今年jīn niánthis year
• 当年dāng niánin those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
• 多年duō niánmany years; for many years; longstanding
• 青年qīng niányouth; youthful years; young person
• 每年měi niánevery year; each year; yearly
• 青少年qīng shào niánadolescent; youth; teenager
• 周年zhōu niánanniversary; annual
• 常年cháng niánall year round; for years on end; average year
• 逐年zhú niányear after year; with each passing year; over the years
• 拜年bài niánto pay a New Year call; to wish sb a Happy New Year
• 终年zhōng niánentire year; throughout the year; age at death
• 连年lián niánsuccessive years; over many years
• 少年shào niánearly youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man
• 明年míng niánnext year
• 半年bàn niánhalf a year
• 中年zhōng niánmiddle age
• 童年tóng niánchildhood
• 百年bǎi niánhundred years; century; (fig.) a whole lifetime; a person's whole life
• 新年xīn niánNew Year
• 过年guò niánto celebrate the Chinese New Year
• 近年来jìn nián láifor the past few years
• 同年tóng niánin the same year; to be the same age
• 老年lǎo niánelderly; old age; autumn of one's years

Characters that look like 年

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 华huámagnificent; splendid; flowery
• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete
• 孕yùnpregnant
• 夸kuāused in transliteration
• 孚fúto trust; to believe in
• 牟móubarley; to moo; to seek or obtain

Sounds the same

Read nián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 黏sticky; glutinous; (Taiwan) to adhere; to stick on; to glue
• 鲶sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus); oriental catfish; see also 鲇
• 鲇sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus); oriental catfish; see also 鲶
• 粘variant of 黏