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年

nián · nian/Nián · nian

Traditional 秊

HSK 1Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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nián 年

  1. year

Nián 年

  1. surname Nian

nián 秊

  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 (nián)
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Dumplings at New Year

  1. Liangliang

    今年(jīnnián)过年(guònián)，你(nǐ)回家(huíjiā)吗(ma)？

    Are you going home for the New Year this year?

  2. Dengdeng

    回(huí)！我(wǒ)一年(yīnián)只(zhǐ)回(huí)一次(yīcì)。

    Yes! I only go home once a year.

  3. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)一定(yīdìng)想(xiǎng)吃(chī)妈妈(māma)做(zuò)的(de)饭(fàn)。

    Then you must want your mom's cooking.

  4. Dengdeng

    对(duì)！去年(qùnián)我(wǒ)吃(chī)了(le)十个(shígè)饺子(jiǎozi)。

    Yes! Last year I ate ten dumplings.

  5. Liangliang

    今年(jīnnián)呢(ne)？

    And this year?

  6. Dengdeng

    今年(jīnnián)我(wǒ)要(yào)吃(chī)二十个(èrshígè)！

    This year I'll eat twenty!

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2 examples
01

海(hǎi)王(wáng)星(xīng)绕(rào)行(xíng)太(tài)阳(yáng)一(yì)周(zhōu)要(yào)花(huā)一(yì)百(bǎi)六(liù)十(shí)五(wǔ)年(nián)。

It takes 165 years for Neptune to orbit around the sun.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)发(fā)现(xiàn)了(le)我(wǒ)爸(bà)爸(ba)收(shōu)藏(cáng)了(le)30年(nián)的(de)报(bào)纸(zhǐ)。

I discovered my father collected 30 years of newspapers.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by smomo · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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