年
Pinyin IPA [njɛn˧˥] Zhuyin
HSK 1 noun 名词 Book 1 · Lesson 15 freq #79
Meaning
- noun 名词 year
A year. Unlike most time words it needs no measure word: 三年 is "three years", not 三个年. 今年 is "this year".
- surname Nian
- grain
- harvest (old)
Measure Word
- 个gè
Examples
| 我和他同年。 | wǒ hé tā tóng nián | I'm as old as he is. |
| 她去年出生。 | tā qù nián chū shēng | She was born last year. |
| 我明年17岁。 | wǒ míng nián suì | I'll be seventeen next year. |
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