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
- 齐年(齊年) same age; go school in the same year
- 一九六八年 1968
- 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
- 元年 the first year of Emperor's reign; 0 CE
- 百年偕老 live to a hundred years and grow old together
- 年货(年貨) merchandise sold for Chinese New Year
- 一九七六年 1976
- 来年(來年) next year
- 中老年人 middle-aged and elderly people
- 二〇一一年 2011
- 猪年(豬年) Year of the Boar; Year of the Pig ; Year of the Boar; Year of the Pig
- 猴年 Year of the Monkey
- 年轮蛋糕(年輪蛋糕) baumkuchen cake
- 上年 last year
- 二〇二〇年 2020
- 年华(年華) years; time; age
- 批流年 to cast somebody's yearly horoscope
- 安息年 Sabbatical year
- 年代 decade ; an age; an era; a period
- 五百年前是一家 five hundred years ago we were the same family (said of persons with the same surname)
- 大过年(大過年) Chinese New Year
- 生卒年 dates of birth and death
- 少年夫妻老来伴(少年夫妻老來伴) husband and wife in youth, companions in old age
- 一九二二年 1922
- 一九〇〇年 1900
- 一九〇五年 1905
- 青少年福利 youths’ services
- 年轻有为(年輕有為) young and promising
- 一九三一年 1931
- 年糕 nian gao; New Year cake
- 一九三三年 1933
- 年青 youthful
- 年兄 older brother; fellow students who are successful in the imperial examinations
- 遗臭万年(遺臭萬年) to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy
- 小年人 younger old person; young retiree
- 二〇一三年 2013
- 年产(年產) annual production
- 贺年片(賀年片) New Year's card
- 年老体弱(年老體弱) old and weak
- 一年半载(一年半載) about a year
- 一九九五年 1995
- 垂暮之年 old age
- 年以来(年以來) since the year ...
- 一九七四年 1974
- 一九四二年 1942
- 年度大会(年度大會) annual meeting; annual general meeting (AGM)
- 舜日尧年(舜日堯年) sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day; all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
- 荒年 a year of disasters
- 一年多 more than a year
- 年迈(年邁) old; aged
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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
- 卷五十五 志第八 天文八 Volume 55 Treatises 8: Astronomy 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 606
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: 185
- 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