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年 nián year
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Chapter-12 HSK-A
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Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
| 年 |
Nien was originally written with 禾 ho grain as radical above 千 ch'ien a thousand as phonetic, and meant ripe grain, from which it is not a very far cry to year. It is now classed under radical 干. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
年
nián
year/CL:個|个[ge4]/surname Nian
年
秊
nián
grain/harvest (old)/variant of 年[nian2]
Phrases ending with the given character
上shàng
半bàn
年nián
first half (of a year)
下xià
半bàn
年nián
second half of the year
中zhōng
老lǎo
年nián
middle and old age
中zhōng
青qīng
年nián
middle-aged
两兩liǎng
千千qiān
年年nián
the year 2000/2000 years
千qiān
禧xǐ
年nián
millennium
回回huí
归歸guī
年年nián
the solar year/the year defined as the period between successive equinoxes
大dà
前qián
年nián
three years ago
大大dà
后後hòu
年年nián
three years from now/year after year after next year
好好hǎo
几幾jǐ
年年nián
several years
孤孤gū
鸾鸞luán
年年nián
inauspicious year for marriage
小xiǎo
青qīng
年nián
young person/youngster
山shān
道dào
年nián
santonin (loanword)
恒恆héng
星星xīng
年年nián
the sidereal year (astronomy)/the year defined in terms of the fixed stars
批pī
流liú
年nián
to cast sb's yearly horoscope
本běn
命mìng
年nián
year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
正正zhèng
当當dāng
年年nián
to be in the prime of life
生shēng
卒zú
年nián
dates of birth and death (of historical figure)
笄jī
之zhī
年nián
beginning of maturity (of a girl)
腿tuǐ
玩wán
年nián
(slang) stunning legs/sexy legs
旧舊jiù
历曆lì
年年nián
lunar New Year
姜薑jiāng
石石shí
年年nián
Jiang Shinian (c. 2000 BC), birth name of Shennong 神農|神农[Sheng2 nong2] Farmer God, first of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China
近近jìn
几幾jǐ
年年nián
in recent years
青青qīng
壮壯zhuàng
年年nián
the prime of one's life
青qīng
少shào
年nián
adolescent/youth/teenager