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  nin4   jyutping
  nian2   pinyin
[1] [n] year [2] [n] person's age [3] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 6
Level: 1
Radical: (#51)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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detail  siu3 nin4  shao4 nian2 = youngster
detail  san1 nin4 faai3 lok6  xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4 = Happy New Year
detail  gam1 nin4  jin1 nian2 = this year
detail  heoi3 nin4*2  qu4 nian2 = last year
detail  ming4 nin4  ming2 nian2 = next year
detail  bun3 nin4  ban4 nian2 = half a year, six months
detail  cing1 siu3 nin4  qing1 shao4 nian2 = teenager
detail  nin4 siu3  nian2 shao4 = youth, young
detail  sap6 nin4   = decade
detail  sing4 nin4 jan4  cheng2 nian2 ren2 = adult
detail  sap6 jat1 nin4  shi2 yi1 nian2 = eleven years (common formation)
detail  sap6 ng5 nin4  shi2 wu3 nian2 = fifteen years (common formation)
detail  jau3 nin4  you4 nian2 = childhood
detail  gwong1 nin4  guang1 nian2 = light-year
detail  gau6 nin4*2   = last year
detail  ceot1 nin4*2   = next year
detail  gwo3 nin4  guo4 nian2 = going into the following year
detail  nin4 gei2  nian2 ji4 = (chronological) age
detail  nin4 gei2 daai6  nian2 ji4 da4 = to be old, growing old
detail  nin4 kap1  nian2 ji2 = grade; year (referring to rank)
detail  nin4 doi6  nian2 dai4 = period; era; decade
detail  san1 nin4  xin1 nian2 = New Year's Day; the new year
detail  cin4 nin4*2/4  qian2 nian2 = year before last
detail  hau6 nin4/4*2  hou4 nian2 = year after next
detail  cing1 nin4  qing1 nian2 = young; a youth
detail  nin4 gou1  nian2 gao1 = new year cake, new year pudding
detail  dong1 nin4  dang1 nian2; dang4 nian2 = in those years; the prime of life
detail  tung4 nin4  tong2 nian2 = in the same year; of the same age
detail  tung4 nin4  tong2 nian2 = childhood; the growing up years
detail  sing4 nin4  cheng2 nian2 = adult
detail  mui5 nin4  mei3 nian2 = every year, annually
detail  loi4 nin4  lai2 nian2 = next year, the following year
detail  gei2 sap6 nin4  ji3 shi2 nian2 = several decades
detail  gei2 nin4  ji3 nian2 = several years
detail  baak3 nin4  bai3 nian2 = [1] a hundred years, a century; [2] a lifetime
detail  nin4 tau4   = beginning of the year ; year; harvest
detail  nin4 cin4  nian2 qian2 = ...years ago
detail  nin4 hing1 jan4  nian2 qing1 ren2 = young people, youngster
detail  soeng6 nin4*2   = past year
detail  nin4 mei5   = the end of the year, year-end
detail  jat1 nin4 zung1  yi1 nian2 zhong1 = within a year
detail  nin4 nin4  nian2 nian2 = year after year
detail  gau2 cat1 nin4  jiu3 qi1 nian2 = '97; the year 1997
detail  loeng5 cin1 nin4  liang3 qian1 nian2 = the year 2000; 2000 years
detail  baat3 nin4  ba1 nian2 = eight years
detail  do1 nin4  duo1 nian2 = many years
detail  do1 nin4 ji5 loi4  duo1 nian2 yi3 lai2 = for many years (in the past)
detail  do1 nin4 loi4  duo1 nian2 lai2 = for the past many years
detail  mui5 nin4 jat1 dou6  mei3 nian2 yi1 du4 = once a year (every year)
detail  sei3 nin4  si4 nian2 = four years
detail  sei3 nin4 cin4  si4 nian2 qian2 = four years previously
detail  jat1 nin4 jat1 dou6  yi1 nian2 yi1 du4 = once a year (every year)
detail  jat1 baak3 ng5 sap6 do1 nin4  yi1 bai3 wu3 shi2 duo1 nian2 = more than 150 years
detail  gei2 nin4 loi4  ji3 nian2 lai2 = for the past several years
detail  jau5 jat1 nin4  you3 yi1 nian2 = one year; there was a year (common formation)
detail  ji6 nin4 saang1  er4 nian2 shen1 = [botany] biennial (common formation)
detail  ji6 sap6 nin4 doi6  er4 shi2 nian2 dai4 = in the 1920's (common formation)
detail  sei3 sap6 nin4 doi6  si4 shi2 nian2 dai4 = in the 1940's (common formation)
detail  baat3 sap6 nin4 doi6  ba1 shi2 nian2 dai4 = in the 80's (common formation)
detail  gau2 sap6 nin4 doi6  jiu3 shi2 nian2 dai4 = in the 90's (common formation)
detail  luk6 sap6 nin4 doi6  liu4 shi2 nian2 dai4 = in the 60's (common formation)
detail  ng5 sap6 nin4 doi6  wu3 shi2 nian2 dai4 = in the 50's (common formation)
detail  saam1 sap6 nin4 doi6  san1 shi2 nian2 dai4 = in the 30's (common formation)
detail  san1 nin4 hou2  xin1 nian2 hao3 = "Happy New Year!" (common formation)
detail  cing1 nin4 zai2   = a young man
detail  jat1 nin4 zi1 gai3 zoi6 jyu1 ceon1  yi1 nian2 zhi1 ji4 zai4 yu2 chun1 = planning for the year will be done in spring
detail  gau2 nin4  gou3 nian2 = the Year of the dog
detail  san1 nin4 zeon3 bou6  xin1 nian2 jin4 bu4 = Happy New Year
detail  bun2 ming6 nin4  ben3 ming4 nian2 = year of one's birth sign
detail  nin4 fan6  nian2 fen4 = some particular year; age
detail  nin4 gam1  nian2 jin1 = annuity; pension
detail  tung4 nin4 wui4 jik1  tong2 nian2 hui2 yi4 = childhood memory
detail  nin4 zung1 faa1 hung4  nian2 zhong1 hua1 hong2 = year-end bonus
detail  nin4 hing1 lik6 zong3  nian2 qing1 li4 zhuang4 = young and vigorous
detail  gang1 nin4 kei4  geng1 nian2 qi1 (PRC), geng1 nian2 qi2 (Taiwan) = menopause
detail  nung4 lik6 san1 nin4  nong2 li4 xin1 nian2 = Chinese New Year
detail  tyun4 nin4 faan6   = family reunion dinner
detail  gaa1 nin4 waa4  jia1 nian2 hua2 = carnival
detail  baai3 nin4  bai4 nian2 = to make a New Year greeting
detail  zung1 nin4  zhong1 nian2 = middle-aged
detail  zuk6 nin4  zhu2 nian2 = yearly
detail  zung1 nin4  zhong1 nian2 = entire year; age at death
detail  hok6 nin4  xue2 nian2 = academic year
detail  gan6 nin4  jin4 nian2 = recent years
detail  soeng4 nin4  chang2 nian2 = the entire year; a typical year
detail  maan5 nin4  wan3 nian2 = a person's later years in life
detail  wong5 nin4  wang3 nian2 = in years past; in previous years; formerly
detail  cat1 sap6 nin4 doi6  qi1 shi2 nian2 dai4 = the 1970s (the '70s)
detail  nin4 co1  nian2 chu1 = beginning of the year
detail  nin4 heng1  nian2 qing1 = young
detail  nin4 cing1  nian2 qing1 = youthful
detail  nin4 ling4  nian2 ling2 = (a person's) age
detail  nin4 dai2  nian2 di3 = the end of the year, year-end
detail  nin4 dou6  nian2 du4 = year, annual, yearly
detail  gaak3 nin4  ge2 nian2 = every other year
detail  jin6 nin4  xian4 nian2 = current age
detail  gaa1 nin4 waa4 wui6*2  jia1 nian2 hua2 hui4 = carnival
detail  zau1 nin4  zhou1 nian2 = anniversary
detail  nin4 san1   = annual pay; annual salary
detail  haa6 bun3 nin4  xia4 ban4 nian2 = second half of the year
detail  lau4 nin4   = fleeting time
detail  ho6 nin4 kaa1  he4 nian2 ka3 = New Year card
detail  nin4 gaan1  nian2 jian1 = during a certain period
detail  lou5 nin4  lao3 nian2 = elderly
detail  jat1 nin4 loeng5 zou6   = yield two crops a year
detail  haa6 nin4*2   = next year
detail  nin4 co1 jat1  nian2 chu1 yi1 = New Year's Day (lunar)
detail  jeon6 nin4   = leap year
detail  jat1 nin4 baan1   = first form
detail  gau6 lik6 nin4  jiu4 li4 nian2 = the Lunar New Year
detail  hoi1 nin4   = next year
detail  can4 nin4  chen2 nian2 = [adj] wine, etc. of many years' standing; vintage
detail  can4 nin4 mei5 zau2  chen2 nian2 mei3 jiu3 = old vintage wine
detail  nin4 baan1   = year (as in a student's level of study)
detail  zung1 gwok3 san1 nin4   = the Lunar/Chinese New Year
detail  tong4 jan4 nin4   = Chinese New Year
detail  lik6 nin4  li4 nian2 = calendar year
detail  nin4 lik6  nian2 li4 = single-page year calendar; an almanac
detail  nin4 tau4 ji4  nian2 tour2 = year; harvest
detail  lin4 nin4  lian2 nian2 = successive years
detail  jat1 gau2 gau2 cat1 nin4  yi1 jiu3 jiu3 qi1 nian2 = the year 1997
detail  jat1 gau2 sei3 gau2 nin4  yi1 jiu3 si4 jiu3 nian2 = the year 1949 (Communist revolution)
detail  jat1 nin4 bun3  yi1 nian2 ban4 = a year and a half
detail  jat1 nin4 do1  yi1 nian2 duo1 = more than a year
detail  saam1 sap6 nin4 loi4  san1 shi2 nian2 lai2 = for the past thirty years
detail  soeng6 bun3 nin4  shang4 ban4 nian2 = first half of a year
detail  saam1 nin4  san1 nian2 = three years
detail  hoeng2 nin4  xiang3 nian2 = live to the age of
detail  sik1 nin4  xi1 nian2 = former years; previous years
detail  cing1 nin4 leoi5 se3  qin1 nian2 lv3 she4 = youth hostel
detail  ng5 nin4 gai3 waak6  wu3 nian2 ji4 hua4 = Five-Year Plan
detail  on3 nin4 doi6 seon6 zeoi6  an4 nian2 dai4 shun4 xu4 = in chronological order
detail  sing4 nin4 ze2  cheng2 nian2 zhe3 = adult
detail  zeoi3 gan6 gei2 nin4  zui4 jin4 ji3 nian2 = the last few years; last several years; recent years
detail  bun2 nin4 dou6  ben3 nian2 du4 = this year; the current year
detail  fung1 bai3 cing1 nin4  feng1 bi4 qing1 nian2 = loner
detail  cin1 hei1 nin4  qian1 xi1 nian2 = the millennium
detail  ngau4 nin4  niu2 nian2 = the Year of the ox
detail  mei6 sing4 nin4 ze2  wei4 cheng2 nian2 zhe3 = minor (not an adult)
detail  mei6 sing4 nin4 jan4  wei4 cheng2 nian2 ren2 = minor
detail  nin4 haan6  nian2 xian4 = age limit; fixed number of years
detail  nin4 gaam3  nian2 jian4 = an almanac; a yearbook
detail  nin4 maai6  nian2 mai4 = old; aged
detail  nin4 heng1 faa3  nian2 qing1 hua4 = make more youthful; promote younger staff
detail  nin4 lou5  nian2 lao3 = aged
detail  nin4 je6 faan6  nian2 ye4 fan4 = New Year's Eve family dinner
detail  nin4 loi4  nian2 lai2 = over the last ... years
detail  nin4 ji5 loi4  nian2 yi3 lai2 = since the year ...
detail  nin4 doi6 co1  nian2 dai4 chu1 = beginning of an age; beginning of a decade
detail  nin4 zi1 gau2  nian2 zhi1 jiu3 = period of ... years
detail  hou2 gei2 nin4  hao3 ji3 nian2 = several years
detail  zoi6 gam1 nin4 nin4 dai2  zai4 jin1 nian2 nian2 di3 = at the end of this year
detail  sei3 nin4 zai3 dik1 daai6 hok6  si4 nian2 zhi4 de5 da4 xue2 = four-year university
detail  nin4 biu2  nian2 biao3 = chronological table
detail  cung4 heoi3 nin4*2  cong2 qu4 nian2 = since last year
detail  gan6 nin4 loi4  jin4 nian2 lai2 = for the past few years
detail  bat1 teng1 waa6 dik1 cing1 nin4   = a wayward teenager
detail  zung1 nin4 sat1 jip6 jan4 si6   = middle-aged unemployed people
detail  dou3 sou2 gaa1 nin4 waa4   = a countdown carnival
detail  nin4 heng1 dik1 ngai4 him2 zeoi6 faan6   = a vicious young thug
detail  lei4 gaa1 ceot1 zau2 dik1 siu3 nin4   = runaway teenager
detail  siu3 nin4 zeoi6 faan6   = juvenile delinquency
detail  gai1 nin4  ji1 nian2 = the Year of the rooster
detail  nin4 faa1  nian2 hua1 = Lunar New Year plants / flowers / trees
detail  nin4 hon1*2   = yearbook
detail ,  ting3 gwan1 jat1 zik6 waa6, sing3 duk6 sap6 nin4 syu1   = Listening to what you said is better than studying for 10 years
detail  maan6 nin4 jau4   = reused cooking oil
detail ,  jat6 fuk6 jat6 nin4 fuk6 nin4   = time over time
detail  nin4 co1 cat1   = 7th day of the Chinese New Year (also 人日)
detail  jat6 bun2 san1 nin4  ri4 ben3 xin1 nian2 = Japanese new year (shogatsu or oshogatsu)
detail  jing1 nin4   = [n] day of youthful vigor
detail  jing1 nin4 zou2 sai6   = die young
detail  lik6 nin4  li4 nian2 = past years
detail  jyun4 nin4   = [n] the first year (of an era)
detail  nin4 siu1 faa1 si5   = Lunar New Year flower market
detail  zung1 nin4 faat3 fuk1  zhong1 nian2 fa1 fu2 = [exp] middle-aged weight gain
detail  zung1 nin4 jan4  zhong1 nian2 ren2 = a middle-aged person (40-50 years); a middle-aged man
detail  jat1 nin4 saang1  yi1 nian2 sheng1 = [botany] annual
detail  jat1 nin4 saang1 zik6 mat6  yi1 nian2 sheng1 zhi2 wu4 = [botany] annual plant; annual
detail  nin4 nin4 seoi3 seoi3  nian2 nian2 sui4 sui4 = year by year (common formation)
detail  nin4 nin4 jau5 jyu4  nian2 nian2 you3 yu2 = (may you) have plenty to spare every year
detail  siu3 nin4 lou5 sing4  shao4 nian2 lao3 cheng2 = an old head on young shoulders; a young person lacking in vigour and drive
detail  sap6 nin4 syu6 muk6  shi2 nian2 shu4 mu4 = it takes ten years to grow a tree (...but a hundred for a person)
detail  zi1 sik1 cing1 nin4  zhi1 shi2 qing1 nian2 = young intellectual
detail  lou5 nin4 ci1 ngoi4  lao3 nian2 chi1 dai1 = Alzheimer's disease; senility, senile dementia
detail  baak3 nin4 hou2 hap6   = eternal harmony
detail  zan1 nin4 gei2 nim6  zhou1 nian2 ji4 nian4 = anniversary commemoration (common formation)
detail  aai1 nin4 gan6 maan5   = approaching lunar new year's eve; end of the year
detail  ho6 nin4 kaat1   = a new year's card
detail  baak3 nin4 gwai1 lou5   = after an elderly person dies (lit., "100 years returns the old")
detail  on1 hoeng2 maan5 nin4  an1 xiang3 wan3 nian2 = live in peace and enjoy life at old age
detail  siu3 nin4 zit3 muk6   = teeny-bopper show; a programme for youths (common formation)
detail N  N nin4 cin4  N nian2 qian2 = a long long time ago
detail  jan2 bai3 cing1 nin4   = introverted youth
detail  wai4 cau3 maan6 nin4  yi2 chou4 wan4 nian2 = to be remembered with a bad reputation
detail  nin4 siu3 mou4 zi1   = young and ignorant
detail  bat1 loeng4 siu3 nin4  bu4 liang2 shao4 nian2 = a juvenile delinquent
detail  jat1 nin4 bun3 zoi2  yi1 nian2 ban4 zai3 = a year or so; in about a year
detail  nin4 zoeng2  nian2 zhang3 = senior, seniority
detail  nin4 jyu4 gu2 hei1  nian2 yu2 gu3 xi1 = over seventy years old
detail  saam1 nin4 pou5 loeng5   = have 2 babies in 3 years
detail  nin4 jyut6  nian2 yue5 = days; years
detail  tyun4 nin4  tuan2 nian2 = Spring festival family reunion; to eat the Lunar New Year's Eve supper
detail  mau5 nin4 mau5 jyut6   = some year some month
detail  haam4 fung1 nin4  xian2 feng1 nian2 = of old, many years ago
detail  fan5 nou6 cing1 nin4   = angry patriotic youth
detail  gau6 lik6 nin4   = Chinese New Year
detail  nin4 saa1 maan5   = Chinese New Year's Eve
detail  sam1 lei5 nin4 ling4  xin1 li3 nian2 ling2 = mental age
detail  nin4 waa4  nian2 hua2 = time; years; age
detail ──  nin4 saam1 sap6 maan5 ze6 zou3 hou2 zou6 m4 zou6   = did not do what one should have done
detail  san1 nin4 daai6 gai3  xin1 nian2 da4 ji4 = New Year's resolution
detail  ho6 nin4  he4 nian2 = celebrating the New Year
detail  ho6 nin4 pin3*2  he4 nian2 pian4 = a new year's card
detail  baai3 nin4 kaat1   = a new year's card
detail  jat1 nin4 dou3 maan5   = all year round
detail  siu2 sam1 sai2 dak1 maan6 nin4 syun4  xiao3 xin1 shi3 de2 wan4 nian2 chuan2 = it pays a long way to be careful
detail  haam4 fung1 nin4 gam3 noi6  xian2 feng1 nian2 han2 nai4 = a long time ago; very old; many years ago
detail  sou3 nin4  shu4 nian2 = some years
detail  nin4 bun3   = a year and a half
detail  soeng1 sat1 ceng1 nin4  shuang1 shi1 qing1 nian2 = teenager who is out of school without a job. (common formation)
detail  sing4 nin4 lai5  cheng2 nian2 li3 = coming-of-age ceremony
detail  nin4 fo3  nian2 huo4 = special purchases for the Spring Festival
detail  ng5 sap6 nin4 bat1 bin3  wu3 shi2 nian2 bu2 bian4 = (the basic law in HK) fifty years without change
detail  fu2 nin4  hu3 nian2 = the Year of the tiger
detail  tou3 nin4  tu4 nian2 = the Year of the rabbit
detail  lung4 nin4  long2 nian2 = the Year of the dragon
detail  se4 nin4  she2 nian2 = the Year of the snake
detail  maa5 nin4  ma3 nian2 = the Year of the horse
detail  joeng4 nin4  yang2 nian2 = the Year of the goat
detail  hau4 nin4  hou2 nian2 = the Year of the monkey
detail  zyu1 nin4  zhu1 nian2 = the Year of the pig
detail  syu2 nin4  shu3 nian2 = the Year of the rat
detail  sik1 fan1 nin4 ling4  shi4 hun1 nian2 ling2 = marriagable age; appropriate age to get married
detail  dou6 jat6 jyu4 nin4  du 4ri4 ru2 nian2 = every day that passes seems like a year; time transpires at a slow rate
detail  dak1 jan4 jan1 gwo2 cin1 nin4 gei3  de2 ren2 en1 guo3 qian1 nian2 ji4 = to remember someone's favour to oneself for a 1000 years; to be grateful for what others have done for oneself
detail  san1 lik6 nin4  xin1 li4 nian2 = 1. the new year of the Gregorian calendar 2.the Gregorian calendar 3. the solar calendar
detail  san1 nin4 tau4*2  xin1 nian2 tou2 = the first day of the lunar month up until the Lantern Festival on the 15th of the same month
detail  nin4 gei2 daai6 gei1 hei3 waai6  nian2 ji4 da4 ji1 qi4 huai4 = 1. (people) be frail or have bad health because of old age 2. (appliances) break down due to age
detail  bin1 jyun4 cing1 nin4   = at-risk youths
detail  cin1 nin4 kei4  qian1 nian2 qi2 (Taiwan) / qian1 nian2 qi1 (PRC) = millennium
detail  nin4 gaa3  nian2 jia4 = annual vacation; annual holiday; annual leave
detail  nin4 ling4 haan6 zai3  nian2 ling2 xian4 zhi4 = age limit
detail  kwaa1 nin4 jat6   = New Year's Eve
detail  cing1 nin4 jan4  qing1 nian2 ren2 = young people, the young
detail  nin4 cing1 jan4  nian2 qing1 ren2 = young people, the young
detail  nin4 hou6  nian2 hao4 = regnal year/period, regnal title, era name
detail  nin4 gei2 heng1 heng1  nian2 ji4 qing1 qing1 = the younger generation, during the young age
detail  nin4 mei5 soeng1 loeng4  nian2 wei3 shuang1 liang2 = year-end double pay
detail  jin4 nin4 jik1 sau6  yan2 nian2 yi4 shou4 = prolong the years of one's life; increase one's longevity
detail  zung1 nin4 ngai4 gei1  zhong1 nian2 wei2[tw] wei1[PRC] ji1 = mid-life crisis
detail  nin4 fuk6 jat1 nin4  nian2 fu4 yi1 nian2 = year after year
detail  nin4 seoi3  nin2 sui4 = age; years
detail  nin4 si6  nian2 shi4 = age; years
detail  nin4 jau3 mou4 zi1  nian2 you4 wu2 zhi1 = young and ignorant
detail  nin4 siu1 si5 coeng4  nian2 xiao1 shi4 chang2 = Lunar New Year Fair
detail  haang4 nin4 siu1   = visiting the Lunar New Year Fair; walk the year night
detail  mut6 nin4  mo4 nian2 = final years of a dynasty, regime, or reign
detail  siu3 nin4 dak1 zi3 daai6 bat1 hang6  shao4 nian2 de2 zhi4 da4 bu2 xing4 = it is a great misfortune for a young person taste success too early
detail  coeng4 nin4 leoi6 jyut6  chang2 nian2 lei3 yue4 = year after year; year in, year out; over the years
detail  dung1 daai6 gwo3 nin4  dong1 da4 guo4 nian2 = the Winter Solstice is treated as more important than the New Year
detail  naam4 sing3 gang1 nin4 kei4  nan2 xing4 geng1 nian2 qi1/qi2 (PRC/Taiwan) = andropause
detail  baak3 nin4 lou5 zi6 hou6  bai3 nian2 lao3 zi4 hao4 = an old established business
detail  coi4 mou6 nin4 dou6  cai2 wu4 nian2 du4 = [n] fiscal year
detail  coi4 zing3 nin4 dou6  cai2 zheng4 nian2 du4 = [n] financial year, fiscal year
detail  hoeng1 gong2 cing1 nin4 hip3 wui6*2   = Federation of Youth Services, HK
detail  hoeng1 gong2 cing1 nin4 soeng1 wui6*2   = Junior Chamber of Commerce, HK
detail  hoeng1 gong2 cing1 nin4 zing3 caak3 jin4 gau3 so2  xiang1 gang3 qing1 nian2 zheng4 ce4 yan2 jiu4/1 (Taiwan/PRC) suo3 = Hong Kong Avant-Garde Policy Research Institute
detail  bou2 daan1 zau1 nin4 jat6   = policy anniversary date (common formation)
detail  cing1 siu3 nin4 syu2 kei4 wut6 dung6 gai3 waak6  qing1 shao4 nian2 shu3 qi1/qi2 huo2 dong4 ji4 hua4 (PRC/Taiwan) = Summer Youth Programme
detail  cing1 nin4 wui6*2   = YMCA
detail  gwok3 zai3 cing1 nin4 hip3 wui6*2   = Association of International Youth
detail  naam4 cing1 nin4 wui6*2   = YMCA, Young Men's Christian Association
detail  fung1 seoi2 lou2 aak1 nei5 sap6 nin4 baat3 nin4   = Time will tell
detail  jan1 zyu6 sau1 mei5*1 go2 gei2 nin4   = be careful for the last few years of your life
detail  cung4 hok6 jin4 nin4  song1 he4 yan2 nian2 = the pine and crane delays the years
detail  saam1 nin4 zi6 jin4 zoi1 hoi6   = the Three Years of Natural Disasters
detail  tong4 jing1 nin4  tang2 jing1 nian2 = Henry Tang Ying Nian
detail  cek3 cyu5 nin4 waa4  chi4 zhu4 nian2 hua2 = years served in the Stanely prison
detail  ji4 joeng5 tin1 nin4  yi2 yang3 tian1 nian2 = retire; take care of oneself during one's remaining years after retirement
detail  nin4 gaai3 bat1 waak6  nian2 jie4 bu2 huo4 = 40 years old; to have reached the age 40; to be a quadragenarian
detail  kei4 yi4 zi1 nin4  qi1 [PRC] qi2 [TW] zhi1 nian2 = one hundred years old; to be a centenarian
detail  nin4 gaai3 gu3 hei1  nian2 jie4 gu3 xi1 = have reached the age of 70; 70 years old; to be a septuagenarian
detail 耄耋  mou6 dit6 zi1 nin4  mao4 die2 zhi1 nian2 = be between 80-90 years old; to be an octogenarian or an nonagenarian
detail  faa1 gaap3 zi1 nin4  hua1 jia3 zhi1 nian2 = 60 years old; to be a sexagenarian
detail  zi1 ming6 zi1 nin4  zhi1 ming4 zhi1 nian2 = 50 years old; to be a quinquagenarian
detail  bat1 waak4 zi1 nin4  hu2 huo4 zhi1 nian2 = 40 years old; to be a quadragenarian
detail  ji4 lap6 zi1 nin4  er2 li4 zhi1 nian2 = 30 years old; to be a tricenarian
detail  dak1 gou1 nin4 siu6  de2 gao1 nian2 shao4 = to be of high moral integrity and honor as well as advanced in age
detail  tiu4 nin4  tiao2 nian2 = childhood
detail  jing4 si6 zaak3 jam6 nin4 ling4  xing2 shi4 ze2 ren4 nian2 ling2 = age of penal responsibility
detail  nin4 zi1  nian2 zi1 = seniority
detail  ci5 seoi2 lau4 nin4  shi4 shui3 liu2 nian2 = time flies; time and tide wait for no man
detail  sap6 nin4 m4 fung4 jat1 jeon6   = once in a blue moon
detail  zung1 gwok3 cing1 nin4 bou3  zhong1 guo2 qing1 nian2 bao4 = China Youth (official newspaper)
detail  hoeng1 gong2 cing1 nin4 zoeng2 lai6 gai3 waak6   = The Hong Kong Award for Young People
detail  cing1 siu3 nin4 tyun4 tai2 dat6 po3 gei1 kau3  qing1 shao4 nian2 tuan2 ti3 tu2/1 (Taiwan/PRC) puo4 ji1 gou4 = Breakthrough youth group
detail  cing1 nin4 si6 mou6 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2   = The Commission on Youth
detail  joeng4 wing5 nin4  yang2 yong3 nian2 = William Yeung
detail  ziu6 nin4  zhao4 nian2 = Zhao Nien

Showing 10 of 30 examples containing 年
detail audio 今年
I'm eight this year.
detail audio 今年幾歲
How old are you?
detail 佢哋嘅分別只有半年
There's only half a year's difference between them.
[Lit. Their difference only have half year]
detail audio 祝你新年快樂
Wishing you a happy new year!
detail 八月一年中第八月份
August is the eighth month of the year.
detail audio 每年呢個時候總係忙碌
It is always so busy this time of the year.
detail 每年這個時候
It is always so busy this time of the year.
detail 我們今年聖誕樹真的還是人造
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?
detail 今年聖誕節不要喝醉
Don't get drunk this Christmas!
detail 今年聖誕節不要身上花錢
Don't spend your money on me this Christmas!
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