有一年 (jau5 jat1 nin4 | you3 yi1 nian2) : one year; there was a year

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有一年

jau5 jat1 nin4

you3 yi1 nian2

one year; there was a year

Level: 2
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

有一年

This word has been viewed 1897 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 4th Dec 2006 16:41 and last edited on 23rd Oct 2009 11:33

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有 jau5 jau6 - have; there is
一 jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little
年 nin4 - year

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有一年,我英文科考滿分。
There was one year, I got full score on the English examination.

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