年 nián
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nián
noun
year
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: time
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '年'; Guoyu '年' n 1; Kroll 2015 '年' 1a, p. 323; Unihan '年'; XHZD '年' 1, p. 534) -
nián
noun
New Year festival
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 年 is synonymous with 年节 in this sense (Guoyu '年' n 3; Unihan '年') -
nián
noun
age
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 年 is synonymous with 年纪 or 岁数 in this sense (Guoyu '年' n 4; Kroll 2015 '年' 1b, p. 323; Unihan '年'; XHZD '年' 3, p. 534) -
nián
noun
life span; life expectancy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 年 is synonymous with 寿命 in this sense -
nián
noun
an era; a period
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 年 is synonymous with 年代 in this sense (Guoyu '年' n 5) -
nián
noun
a date
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 年 is synonymous with 日期 in this sense -
nián
noun
time; years
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 年 is synonymous with 岁月 in this sense (Guoyu '年' n 6) -
nián
noun
harvest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '年' n 2; Kroll 2015 '年' 1, p. 323; XHZD '年' 4, p. 534) -
nián
adjective
annual; every year
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: 年 is synonymous with 每年 in this sense (Guoyu '年' adj 1; XHZD '年' 2, p. 534)
Contained in
- 闰年(閏年) leap year; (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month
- 一九一一年 1911
- 六十年代 the sixties; the 1960s
- 歉年 a poor harvest
- 二〇一二年 2012
- 一九七九年 1979
- 一九二一年 1921
- 年谊(年誼) camaraderie between persons who have gone through some experience in the same year
- 有年 for years ; an abundant year
- 贺年(賀年) to extend New Year's greetings; to pay a New Year's visit
- 一九六一年 1961
- 生卒年 dates of birth and death
- 一年期 one year period
- 经年累月(經年累月) for years; over the years
- 积年(積年) over many years ; over many years; old; advanced in age
- 年代学(年代學) chronology (the science of determining the dates of past events)
- 年前 years ago
- 年少无知(年少無知) young and inexperienced; unsophisticated
- 逢年过节(逢年過節) at the Chinese New Year or other festivities
- 团年(團年) (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve; family reunion at New Year's
- 一九三三年 1933
- 陈年(陳年) old; stored for many years
- 花甲之年 a person sixty years of age
- 花样年华(花樣年華) the prime of life
- 一九八一年 1981
- 青年 youth
- 笄年 beginning of maturity (of a girl)
- 国民年金保险(國民年金保險) old age pension; citizens' annuity
- 经年(經年) for years; year after year
- 年底 the end of the year; year-end
- 放射性碳测年(放射性碳測年) radiocarbon dating
- 一九六七年 1967
- 年轮(年輪) annual ring; growth ring
- 百年树人(百年樹人) It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man; a good education program takes a long time to develop
- 千年如昨 a thousand years past is like yesterday
- 一九八四年 1984
- 年甲 age
- 一九九一年 1991
- 少年宫(少年宮) Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
- 新年进步(新年進步) Happy New Year!
- 双年刊(雙年刊) biennial publication
- 一九九三年 1993
- 年差 variation throughout the year
- 贺年卡(賀年卡) New Year greeting card
- 旧年(舊年) last year ; Chinese New Year
- 好汉不提当年勇(好漢不提當年勇) a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements
- 大后年(大後年) three years from now; year after year after next year
- 一九二四年 1924
- 年较差(年較差) annual range (temperature, humidity etc)
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷一百〇一 表第二 諸王世表二 Volume 101 Tables 2: Princes 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 837
- 卷一百〇二 表第三 諸王世表三 Volume 102 Tables 3: Princes 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 830
- 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 809
- 卷一百 表第一 諸王世表一 Volume 100 Tables 1: Princes 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 789
- 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 708
- 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 668
- 卷一百〇六 表第七 功臣世表二 Volume 106 Tables 7: Ministers with Outstanding Service 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 663
- 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 630
- 卷三十八 志第十八: 地理一 Volume 38 Treatises 18: Geography 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 616
- 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 605
Collocations
- 年春 (年春) 二年春 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 580
- 三年 (三年) 刺不能三年也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧檜‧素冠 Lessons from the states - Odes of Gui - Su Guan — count: 186
- 二年 (二年) 既克商二年 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 145
- 五年 (五年) 七十有五年 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 無逸 Zhou Shu - Against Luxurious Ease — count: 132
- 四年 (四年) 隱公四年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 125
- 六年 (六年) 六年 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 無逸 Zhou Shu - Against Luxurious Ease — count: 123
- 七年 (七年) 惟七年 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洛誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement concerning Luo — count: 120
- 八年 (八年) 八年 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 無逸 Zhou Shu - Against Luxurious Ease — count: 118
- 九年 (九年) 惟九年 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 武成 Zhou Shu - Successful Completion of the War — count: 106
- 一年 (一年) 十有一年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 63