年 (nin4 | nian2) : year

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年

nin4

nian2

[1] [n] year [2] [n] person's age [3] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 6

Level: 1

Radical: 干 (#51)

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

年

This word has been viewed 25444 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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少年 siu3 nin4 shao4 nian2 = youngster

新年快樂 san1 nin4 faai3 lok6 xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4 = Happy New Year

今年 gam1 nin4 jin1 nian2 = this year

去年 heoi3 nin4*2 qu4 nian2 = last year 國

明年 ming4 nin4 ming2 nian2 = next year

半年 bun3 nin4 ban4 nian2 = half a year, six months

青少年 cing1 siu3 nin4 qing1 shao4 nian2 = teenager

年少 nin4 siu3 nian2 shao4 = youth, young

十年 sap6 nin4 = decade

成年人 sing4 nin4 jan4 cheng2 nian2 ren2 = adult
See all 283 compounds (CantoDict reports 300 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 30 examples containing 年

我今年八歲。
I'm eight this year.

你今年幾歲？
How old are you?

佢哋嘅分別只有半年。粵
There's only half a year's difference between them.
[Lit. Their difference only have half year]

祝你新年快樂！
Wishing you a happy new year!

八月是一年中的第八個月份國
August is the eighth month of the year.

每年呢個時候總係咁忙碌粵
It is always so busy this time of the year.

每年這個時候都很忙國
It is always so busy this time of the year.

我們今年的聖誕樹要買真的還是人造的？國
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?

今年聖誕節不要喝醉喔！國
Don't get drunk this Christmas!

今年聖誕節不要在我身上花錢喔！國
Don't spend your money on me this Christmas!

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 年
Unicode code for this character: U+5e74 (off-site link)

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