"年" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 年 |  nián | grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2] |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 年轻 | nián qīng | young | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年龄 | nián líng | (a person's) age / CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年度 | nián dù | year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年纪 | nián jì | age / CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年底 | nián dǐ | the end of the year / year-end | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年前 | nián qián | by the end of the year / at the end of the year / shortly before New Year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年初 | nián chū | beginning of the year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年份 | nián fen | particular year / certain year / given year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年内 | nián nèi | during the current year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年间 | nián jiān | in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年薪 | nián xīn | annual salary | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年限 | nián xiàn | age limit / fixed number of years | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年来 | nián lái | this past year / over the last years | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年产 | nián chǎn | annual production | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年级 | nián jí | grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年终 | nián zhōng | end of the year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年华 | nián huá | years / time / age | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年年 | nián nián | year after year / yearly / every year / annually | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年头 | nián tóu | start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年月 | nián yuè | months and year / time / days of one's life | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年会 | nián huì | annual meeting | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年报 | nián bào | annual report | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年少 | nián shào | young / junior | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年末 | nián mò | end of the year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年均 | nián jūn | annual average (rate) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年老 | nián lǎo | aged | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年青 | nián qīng | youthful | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年鉴 | nián jiàn | annual report / yearbook / almanac | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年幼 | nián yòu | young / underage | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年迈 | nián mài | old / aged | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年中 | nián zhōng | within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年金 | nián jīn | annuity / pension / superannuation | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年长 | nián zhǎng | senior | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年岁 | nián suì | years of age / age | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年费 | nián fèi | annual fee | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年关 | nián guān | end of the year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年货 | nián huò | merchandise sold for Chinese New Year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年历 | nián lì | calendar / diary | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年糕 | nián gāo | nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年画 | nián huà | New Year (Spring Festival) picture | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年轮 | nián lún | annual ring / growth ring | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年事 | nián shì | years of age / age | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年号 | nián hào | reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年表 | nián biǎo | timeline / chronology / annals / financial year / year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年节 | nián jié | the New Year festival | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年假 | nián jià | annual leave / New Year holidays | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年尾 | nián wěi | end of the year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年谱 | nián pǔ | chronicle (of sb's life) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年息 | nián xī | annual interest | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年群 | cohort / year class | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年成 | nián cheng | the year's harvest | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年份 | nián fèn | particular year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年俸 | nián fèng | yearly salary | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年庚 | nián gēng | date and time of a person's birth / age | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年过 | nián guò | over (a certain age) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年鑑 | nián jiàn | almanac | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年检 | nián jiǎn | annual inspection | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年刊 | nián kān | an annual / a yearbook | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年满 | nián mǎn | to have attained the age of | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年寿 | nián shòu | length of life / life span | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年味 | nián wèi | Spring Festival atmosphere / festive ambience of Chinese New Year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年下 | nián xià | lunar new year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年兄 | nián xiōng | lit. older brother / fig. fellow students who are successful in the imperial examinations | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年夜 | nián yè | lunar New Year's Eve | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年谊 | nián yì | camaraderie between persons who have gone through some experience in the same year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年友 | nián yǒu | member of a group who have gone through some experience in the same year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年逾 | nián yú | over (a certain age) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年载 | nián zǎi | years | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年资 | nián zī | age and experience / seniority | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 年尊 | nián zūn | aged and respected / senior | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 年轻人 | nián qīng rén | young people / youngster | |
| 年收入 | nián shōu rù | annual income | |
| 年龄段 | nián líng duàn | age group | |
| 年夜饭 | nián yè fàn | New Year's Eve family dinner | |
| 年终奖 | nián zhōng jiǎng | year-end bonus | |
| 年轻化 | nián qīng huà | to make more youthful / to promote younger staff | |
| 年头儿 | nián tóu r | erhua variant of 年頭|年头[nian2 tou2] | |
| 年楚河 | Nián chǔ Hé | Nyang qu or Nian chu River in Tibet, a tributary of Yarlung Tsangpo | |
| 年代初 | nián dài chū | beginning of an age / beginning of a decade | |
| 年代学 | nián dài xué | chronology (the science of determining the dates of past events) | |
| 年画儿 | nián huà r | erhua variant of 年畫|年画[nian2 hua4] | |
| 年较差 | nián jiào chā | annual range (temperature, humidity etc) | |
| 年均温 | nián jūn wēn | mean annual temperature | |
| 年龄组 | nián líng zǔ | age group | |
| 年三十 | nián sān shí | last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve | |
| 年以来 | nián yǐ lái | since the year ... | |
| 年之久 | nián zhī jiǔ | period of ... years | |
| 年度报告 | nián dù bào gào | annual report | |
| 年富力强 | nián fù lì qiáng | young and vigorous (idiom) | |
| 年轻力壮 | nián qīng lì zhuàng | young and vigorous (idiom) | |
| 年逾古稀 | nián yú gǔ xī | over seventy years old | |
| 年假周期 | annual leave cycle | | |
| 年中审查 | mid-year review | | |
| 年龄歧视 | ageism | | |
| 年度宣布 | annual declaration | | |
| 年金保费 | annuity consideration | | |
| 年度大会 | nián dù dà huì | annual meeting / annual general meeting (AGM) | |
| 年度方案 | nián duó fāng àn | annual programme | |
| 年度预算 | nián dù yù suàn | annual budget | |
| 年复一年 | nián fù yī nián | (idiom) over the years / year after year | |
| 年高德劭 | nián gāo dé shào | to be advanced in both years and virtue (idiom) | |
| 年功加俸 | nián gōng jiā fèng | increase in salary according to one's service record for the year (idiom) | |
| 年久失修 | nián jiǔ shī xiū | old and in a state of disrepair (idiom) / dilapidated | |
| 年均日照 | nián jūn rì zhào | average annual sunshine | |
| 年老力衰 | nián lǎo lì shuāi | old and weak (idiom) | |
| 年老体弱 | nián lǎo tǐ ruò | old and weak (idiom) | |
| 年龄分布 | nián líng fēn bù | age distribution | |
| 年轮蛋糕 | nián lún dàn gāo | baumkuchen (cake) | |
| 年年有馀 | nián nián yǒu yú | lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year) | |
| 年年有余 | nián nián yǒu yú | lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year) | |
| 年轻气盛 | nián qīng qì shèng | full of youthful vigor (idiom) / in the prime of youth | |
| 年轻有为 | nián qīng yǒu wéi | young and promising | |
| 年少无知 | nián shào - wú zhī | (idiom) young and inexperienced / unsophisticated | |
| 年少无知 | nián shào wú zhī | young and inexperienced / unsophisticated | |
| 年事已高 | nián shì yǐ gāo | old in years | |
| 年已蹉跎 | nián yǐ cuō tuó | the years have already gone by / to be too old | |
| 年终结账 | nián zhōng jié zhàng | year-end closure | |
| 年度贴现率 | annual discount rate | | |
| 年金领受人 | annuitant | | |
| 年均增长率 | nián jūn zēng zhǎng lu:4 | annual rate of growth | |
| 年轮气候学 | nián lún qì hòu xué | dendroclimatology / tree-ring climatology | |
| 年平均温度 | nián píng jūn wēn duó | mean annual temperature | |
| 年度工作计划 | annual work plan | | |
| 年龄别死亡率 | age-specific mortality rate | | |
| 年度罂粟调查 | Annual Opium Poppy Survey | | |
| 年度培训计划 | annual training plan | | |
| 年龄标准体重 | weight-for-age | | |
| 年度统计报告 | annual statistical report | | |
| 年自然死亡率 | annual natural mortality rate | | |
| 年度总死亡率 | annual total mortality rate | | |
| 年度采购计划 | Annual Purchase Plans | | |
| 年度股东大会 | nián dù gǔ dōng dà huì | annual shareholders' meeting | |
| 年龄标准身高 | nián líng biāo zhǔn shēn gāo | height-for-age | |
| 年度议会听证会 | annual parliamentary hearing | | |
| 年度报告和审计 | annual report and audit | | |
| 年同比通货膨胀率 | year-on-year inflation rate | | |
| 年度自愿认捐会议 | annual voluntary pledging conference | | |
| 年度方桉影响审查 | annual programme impact review | | |
| 年度业绩趋势指数 | Annual Performance Trend Index | | |
| 年度统计丛刊数据库 | Annual Series Data Bank | | |
| 年度研究生研究方案 | nián duó yán jiū shēng yán jiū fāng àn | Annual Graduate Study Programme / Graduate Study Programme | |
| 年度信息交流标准格式 | Standard Format for the Annual Exchanges of Information | | |
| 年龄、性别和多元性主流化战略 | Age, Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming Strategy | |
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| 今年 | jīn nián | this year | | |
| 去年 | qù nián | last year | | |
| 青年 | qīng nián | youth / youthful years / young person / the young | | |
| 每年 | měi nián | every year / each year / yearly | | |
| 少年 | shào nián | early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man | | |
| 多年 | duō nián | many years / for many years / longstanding | | |
| 当年 | dāng nián | in those days / back then / in those years / to be in the prime of life | | |
| 当年 | dàng nián | that very same year | | |
| 三年 | sān nián | three years | | |
| 明年 | míng nián | next year | | |
| 十年 | shí nián | decade | | |
| 新年 | xīn nián | New Year / CL:個|个[ge4] | | |
| 几年 | jǐ nián | a few years / several years / how many years? | | |
| 半年 | bàn nián | half a year | | |
| 千年 | qiān nián | millennium | | |
| 百年 | bǎi nián | hundred years / century / lifetime | | |
| 四年 | sì nián | four years | | |
| 中年 | zhōng nián | middle age | | |
| 全年 | quán nián | the whole year / all year long | | |
| 周年 | zhōu nián | anniversary / annual | | |
| 常年 | cháng nián | all year round / for years on end / average year | | |
| 童年 | tóng nián | childhood | | |
| 过年 | guò nián | to celebrate the Chinese New Year | | |
| 老年 | lǎo nián | elderly / old age / autumn of one's years | | |
| 同年 | tóng nián | the same year | | |
| 万年 | Wàn nián | Wannian county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi | | |
| 近年 | jìn nián | recent year(s) | | |
| 成年 | chéng nián | to grow to adulthood / fully grown / adult / the whole year | | |
| 历年 | lì nián | over the years / bygone years | | |
| 数年 | shù nián | several years / many years | | |
| 逐年 | zhú nián | year after year / with each passing year / over the years | | |
| 狗年 | gǒu nián | Year of the Dog (e.g. 2006) | | |
| 往年 | wǎng nián | in former years / in previous years | | |
| 长年 | cháng nián | all the year round | | |
| 早年 | zǎo nián | many years ago / in the past / in one's early years | | |
| 元年 | yuán nián | first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period | | |
| 学年 | xué nián | academic year | | |
| 晚年 | wǎn nián | one's later years | | |
| 上年 | shàng nián | last year | | |
| 拜年 | bài nián | to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year | | |
| 前年 | qián nián | the year before last | | |
| 现年 | xiàn nián | (a person's) current age | | |
| 来年 | lái nián | next year / the coming year | | |
| 流年 | liú nián | fleeting time / horoscope for the year | | |
| 连年 | lián nián | successive years / over many years | | |
| 幼年 | yòu nián | childhood / infancy | | |
| 终年 | zhōng nián | entire year / throughout the year / age at death | | |
| 末年 | mò nián | the final years (of a regime) | | |
| 鸡年 | jī nián | Year of the Cock (e.g. 2005) | | |
| 陈年 | chén nián | (of wine) aged / (of debts etc) old / longstanding | | |
| 财年 | cái nián | fiscal year / financial year | | |
| 光年 | guāng nián | light-year | | |
| 初年 | chū nián | early years | | |
| 昔年 | xī nián | former years / previous years | | |
| 壮年 | zhuàng nián | lit. robust years / prime of life / summer / able-bodied (fit for military service) / mature (talent, garden etc) | | |
| 经年 | jīng nián | for years / year after year | | |
| 猴年 | hóu nián | Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004) | | |
| 享年 | xiǎng nián | to live to the (ripe) age of | | |
| 英年 | yīng nián | the prime of one's life / youthful years | | |
| 丰年 | fēng nián | prosperous year / year with bumper harvest | | |
| 后年 | hòu nián | the year after next | | |
| 翌年 | yì nián | the following year / the next year | | |
| 羊年 | yáng nián | Year of the Ram (e.g. 2003) | | |
| 延年 | yán nián | to prolong life | | |
| 纪年 | jì nián | to number the years / calendar era / annals / chronicle | | |
| 有年 | yǒu nián | for years | | |
| 天年 | tiān nián | natural life span | | |
| 贺年 | hè nián | see 賀歲|贺岁[he4 sui4] | | |
| 暮年 | mù nián | one's declining years / one's old age | | |
| 盛年 | shèng nián | the prime of one's life | | |
| 龙年 | lóng nián | Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc) | | |
| 闰年 | rùn nián | leap year / (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month | | |
| 旧年 | jiù nián | last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) | | |
| 积年 | jī nián | for a long time / over many years / old / advanced in age | | |
| 荒年 | huāng nián | year of famine | | |
| 平年 | píng nián | common year | | |
| 牛年 | niú nián | Year of the Ox or Bull (e.g. 2009) | | |
| 虎年 | hǔ nián | Year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010) | | |
| 兔年 | tù nián | Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011) | | |
| 八年 | bā nián | eight years | | |
| 比年 | bǐ nián | (literary) every year / year after year / (literary) in recent years / Taiwan pr. [bi4 nian2] | | |
| 躲年 | duǒ nián | to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve) | | |
| 高年 | gāo nián | old / aged | | |
| 笄年 | jī nián | beginning of maturity (of a girl) | | |
| 跨年 | kuà nián | to step into the new year / New Year | | |
| 马年 | mǎ nián | Year of the Horse (e.g. 2002) | | |
| 绮年 | qǐ nián | young / youthful | | |
| 蛇年 | shé nián | Year of the Snake (e.g. 2001) | | |
| 鼠年 | shǔ nián | Year of the Rat (e.g. 2008) | | |
| 团年 | tuán nián | (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's | | |
| 遐年 | xiá nián | a great age | | |
| 凶年 | xiōng nián | year of famine | | |
| 旬年 | xún nián | full year / ten years | | |
| 永年 | Yǒng nián | Yongnian county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei | | |
| 余年 | yú nián | one's remaining years | | |
| 增年 | zēng nián | to lengthen life | | |
| 转年 | zhuǎn nián | the following year / next year | | |
| 猪年 | zhū nián | Year of the Boar (e.g. 2007) | | |
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| 近年来 | jìn nián lái | for the past few years | |
| 青少年 | qīng shào nián | adolescent / youth / teenager | |
| 上半年 | shàng bàn nián | first half (of a year) | |
| 多年来 | duō nián lái | for the past many years | |
| 下半年 | xià bàn nián | second half of the year | |
| 近几年 | jìn jǐ nián | in recent years | |
| 几十年 | jǐ shí nián | several tens of years / several decades | |
| 老年人 | lǎo nián rén | old people / the elderly | |
| 一年多 | yī nián duō | more than a year | |
| 成年人 | chéng nián rén | adult person | |
| 青年人 | qīng nián rén | young person / the young | |
| 本年度 | běn nián dù | this year / the current year | |
| 十五年 | shí wǔ nián | fifteen years | |
| 更年期 | gēng nián qī | menopause / andropause | |
| 去年底 | qù nián dǐ | late last year / the end of last year | |
| 一年半 | yī nián bàn | a year and a half | |
| 中青年 | zhōng qīng nián | middle-aged | |
| 万年历 | wàn nián lì | perpetual calendar / ten thousand year calendar / Islamic calendar introduced to Yuan China by Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁 | |
| 中老年 | zhōng lǎo nián | middle and old age | |
| 四年前 | sì nián qián | four years previously | |
| 十一年 | shí yī nián | eleven years | |
| 少年宫 | Shào nián Gōng | Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities | |
| 本命年 | běn mìng nián | year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] | |
| 青壮年 | qīng zhuàng nián | the prime of one's life | |
| 青年团 | qīng nián tuán | youth corps / youth wing of a political party | |
| 一年期 | yī nián qī | one year period (in a contract or budget) | |
| 编年史 | biān nián shǐ | annals / chronicle | |
| 多年生 | duō nián shēng | perennial (of plants) | |
| 小青年 | xiǎo qīng nián | young person / youngster | |
| 青年节 | Qīng nián jié | Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off | |
| 万年青 | wàn nián qīng | Nippon lily (Rohdea japonica) | |
| 千禧年 | qiān xǐ nián | the first year of a millennium (esp. the year 2000) | |
| 大过年 | dà guò nián | Chinese New Year | |
| 青年会 | Qīng nián huì | YMCA (international Christian youth movement, formed in 1844) | |
| 九七年 | jiǔ qī nián | '97 / the year 1997 | |
| 少年犯 | shào nián fàn | young criminal / juvenile delinquent | |
| 二年生 | èr nián shēng | biennial (botany) | |
| 最年长 | zuì nián zhǎng | eldest | |
| 忘年交 | wàng nián jiāo | friends despite the difference in age | |
| 贺年卡 | hè nián kǎ | New Year greeting card | |
| 上年纪 | shàng nián jì | (of a person) to get old | |
| 几年来 | jǐ nián lái | for the past several years | |
| 从去年 | cóng qù nián | since last year | |
| 青年期 | qīng nián qī | adolescence | |
| 这年头 | zhè nián tou | (coll.) nowadays | |
| 编年体 | biān nián tǐ | in the style of annals / chronological history, the regular form of the Chinese dynastic histories | |
| 正当年 | zhèng dāng nián | to be in the prime of life | |
| 贺年片 | hè nián piàn | New Year's card / CL:張|张[zhang1] | |
| 青年股 | Youth Unit | | |
| 少年营 | youth camp | | |
| 人工年 | man-year | | |
| 千年村 | Millennium Village | |
