Writing
年 (nián) — how to say "year" in Chinese
年
Year
noun · time measure word
How to use it
Goes right after the number, without another measure word.
我学了一年汉语。
wǒ xué le yī nián hàn yǔ
I studied Chinese for a year.
Radicals / Keys
干
Dry
#51 · gān · 3 strokes
Collocations
一年
yì nián
one year
Examples
我学习一年汉语，我很喜欢汉语。
I study Chinese for one year, I really like Chinese.
我学习一年汉语
I study Chinese for one year.
Mnemonic
[nián-] Nancy the nanny is preparing for the New 年 Year 🎉. She draws a big [一] horizontal line on the wall to hang up streamers. Everyone waits for the clock to strike twelve, and a joyful Nancy shouts, "Happy new 年 year, my dear ones!"
Dates and years
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How do you say "year" in Chinese?
"year" in Chinese is 年 (nián).
Nian meaning in Chinese
年 (nián) means "Year".
Year in Chinese pinyin
It is pronounced nián (written as nian). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
Year in Chinese character
It is written 年 and has 6 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order and lets you trace it.
What HSK level is 年?
年 belongs to the HSK 1 vocabulary list.
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Grammar with 年
年 — dates in Chinese
Number + 年 (nián) + Number + 月 (yuè) + Number + 日 (rì)
以前 — before a time
Time / Verb + 以前 (yǐqián)
跟 — compared with
跟 (gēn) + Noun 1 + 比 (bǐ) (起来 (qǐlái))，Noun 2⋯⋯
了 — ongoing duration with double 了
Verb + 了 (le) + Duration + 了 (le)
随着 — along with, as
随着 (suízhe) + Noun / Verb Phrase, Main Clause
倍 — multiples, “times”
A + 是 (shì) + B + 的 (de) + Number + 倍 (bèi)