nián

year; new-years; person's age

DEFINITIONS

年 nián
  • surname Nian
  • year
  • CL:個|个[ge4]
  • grain
  • harvest (old)
  • variant of 年[nian2]

STROKES

WORDS

黄鼠狼给鸡拜 huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
黃鼠狼給雞拜 huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
黄鼠狼给鸡拜,没安好心 huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián , méi ān hǎo xīn see 黃鼠狼給雞拜年|黄鼠狼给鸡拜年[huang2 shu3 lang2 gei3 ji1 bai4 nian2]
黃鼠狼給雞拜,沒安好心 huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián , méi ān hǎo xīn see 黃鼠狼給雞拜年|黄鼠狼给鸡拜年[huang2 shu3 lang2 gei3 ji1 bai4 nian2]
lóng nián Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
lóng nián Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
wǔ nián five years; a period of five years
sān nián three years; a period of three years
很多 hěn duō nián many years; a long period of time
duō nián many years
好多 hǎo duō nián many years; quite a few years; a long time ago
長者 nián zhǎng zhě elderly people; seniors
sì nián four years
shí nián ten years; a period of ten years
五千 wǔ qiān nián five thousand years; a period of five thousand years, often used to describe a long historical timeline
前些 qián xiē nián some years ago; a few years back
幾十 jǐ shí nián several decades
yī nián one year; a year
liǎng nián two years
六十周 liù shí zhōu nián sixtieth anniversary; the celebration or observance of an event that took place sixty years ago
十几 shí jǐ nián more than ten years; a dozen years
一千多 yī qiān duō nián over a thousand years
二百 èr bǎi nián two hundred years
龄阶段 nián líng jiē duàn age group; stage of life based on age
两千五百多 liǎng qiān wǔ bǎi duō nián more than two thousand five hundred years