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明年

míng nián

HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word

明年 (míng nián) means "next year". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 明年 means

1. next year

The characters in 明年

• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 年niányear

Example sentences

• 明年我回澳门。
  Míngnián wǒ huí àomén.
  Next year I will return to Macao.
• 我明年17岁。
  I'll be seventeen next year.
• 我明年十七岁。
  I'll be seventeen next year.
• 我明年回澳门。
  Next year I will return to Macao.
• 明年你会是几岁？
  How old will you be next year?
• 她明年将要结婚。
  She'll be getting married next year.

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