The Chinese word for year is
年
nián
Chinese Definition
| year | |
| 1. 名词. 年 |
Translations for year and their definitions
| 年 | |
| 1. year (in generic contexts) | |
| 明年 - next year | |
| 2012 年 - the year of 2012 | |
| 2. harvest | |
| 豐年 - year with a good harvest | |
| 3. annual | |
| 年報 - annual report | |
| 4. age | |
| 年 滿 二十 - to reach twenty years of age | |
| 延年益壽 - to prolong life | |
| 5. period of life | |
| 童年 - childhood | |
| 6. period (in history) | |
| 清朝 末年 - last years of the Qing dynasty | |
| 7. Chinese New Year | |
| 過年 - to spend the Chinese New Year | |
| 8. things for the Chinese New Year | |
| 年糕 - nian gao | |
| 年貨 - New Year purchases | |
| 兩 年 前 - two years ago | |
| 年 羹-堯 - Nian Gengyao | |
| 9. usage. Although 年 is the generic term for year, years of age are typically expressed in 歲 are traditionally reckoned using the Chinese lunar calendar, beginning with 1 at the moment of birth and increasing |
| 年頭 | |
| 1. n. year | |
| 2. n. period of many years; long time | |
| 這 建築 看.上去 有些 年頭 了。 - This building looks old. | |
| 3. n. the times | |
| 4. n. harvest | |
| 5. n. beginning of the year |
| 年头 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 年頭 |
| 年級 | |
| 1. n. (education) grade; year | |
| 你 讀 幾 年級？ - What grade are you in? | |
| 我 讀 九 年級。 - I'm in ninth grade in the North American system. | |
| 2. n. (Taiwan) generation of a certain decade (according to the Republic of China calendar) | |
| 九 年級 - generation of 90-99 ROC (2001-2011 A. D.) |
| 年度 | |
| 1. n. year (as determined for administrative purposes, such as an academic year, financial year, etc.) | |
| 2. adj. (attributive) annual |
| 年级 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 年級 |
| 學年 | |
| 1. n. academic year; school year |
| 学年 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 學年 |
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