年 nián

  1. 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)
  2. 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')
  3. 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)
  4. nián noun life span; life expectancy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 年 is synonymous with 寿命 in this sense
  5. 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)
  6. nián noun a date
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 年 is synonymous with 日期 in this sense
  7. nián noun time; years
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 年 is synonymous with 岁月 in this sense (Guoyu '年' n 6)
  8. 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)
  9. 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)

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万年县 、 东汉末年

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