年 度 nián dù year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual 年 级 nián jí grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] 春 秋 chūn qiū spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles) 年 表 nián biǎo timeline / chronology / annals / financial year / year 今 年 jīn nián this year 去 年 qù nián last year 每 年 měi nián every year / each year / yearly 当 年 dàng nián that very same year 明 年 míng nián next year 新 年 xīn nián New Year / CL:個|个[ge4] 半 年 bàn nián half a year 同 期 tóng qī the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous 同 比 tóng bǐ (statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year / year on year / year over year 年 底 nián dǐ the end of the year / year-end 全 年 quán nián the whole year / all year long 年 前 nián qián before the end of the year / before the new year 下 半 年 xià bàn nián second half of the year 常 年 cháng nián all year round / for years on end / average year 年 初 nián chū beginning of the year 年 份 nián fen particular year / certain year / given year 民 国 Mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949) / used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 / is 1971, the 60th year after 1911) 年 内 nián nèi during the current year 过 年 guò nián to celebrate the Chinese New Year 本 届 běn jiè current / this year 同 年 tóng nián the same year 年 来 nián lái this past year / over the last years 一 年 多 yī nián duō more than a year 季 度 jì dù quarter of a year / season (sports) 年 终 nián zhōng end of the year 初 一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school 春 运 chūn yùn (increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year 初 三 chū sān third year in junior middle school 成 年 chéng nián to grow to adulthood / fully grown / the whole year 周 岁 zhōu suì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) 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 逐 年 zhú nián year after year / with each passing year / over the years 初 二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 狗 年 gǒu nián Year of the Dog (e.g. 2006) 正 月 Zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year 年 末 nián mò end of the year 长 年 cháng nián all the year round 应 届 毕 业 生 yīng jiè bì yè shēng student graduating in the current year / recent graduate 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 本 年 度 běn nián dù this year / the current year 二 代 èr dài secondary / twice in the year (of generations of insects, harvests etc) 上 年 shàng nián last year 岁 末 suì mò end of the 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 年 中 nián zhōng within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year 来 年 lái nián next year / the coming year 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 流 年 liú nián fleeting time / horoscope for the year 终 年 zhōng nián entire year / throughout the year / age at death 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 甲 子 jiǎ zǐ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year cycle 一 年 四 季 yī nián sì jì all year round 鸡 年 jī nián Year of the Cock (e.g. 2005) 财 年 cái nián fiscal year / financial year 迎 新 yíng xīn to see in the New Year / to welcome new guests / by extension, to receive new students 春 节 联 欢 晚 会 Chūn jié Lián huān Wǎn huì CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special / abbr. to 春晚[Chun1 Wan3] 年 关 nián guān end of the year 年 货 nián huò merchandise sold for Chinese New Year 压 岁 钱 yā suì qián money given to children as new year present 乙 酉 yǐ yǒu twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065 年 糕 nián gāo nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour 经 年 jīng nián for years / year after year 子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° / (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub- 丙 戌 bǐng xū twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066 猴 年 hóu nián Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004) 年 画 nián huà New Year (Spring Festival) picture 甲 午 jiǎ wǔ thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014 春 联 chūn lián Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side) 开 春 kāi chūn beginning of spring / the lunar New Year 太 岁 Tài suì Tai Sui, God of the year / archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 xing1] / nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area 戊 戌 wù xū thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018 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] 一 年 期 yī nián qī one year period (in a contract or budget) 丰 年 fēng nián prosperous year / year with bumper harvest 后 年 hòu nián the year after next 甲 申 jiǎ shēn 21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064 翌 年 yì nián the following year / the next year 逢 年 过 节 féng nián guò jié at the Chinese New Year or other festivities 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) 庚 子 gēng zǐ 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020 辛 亥 xīn hài forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031 / cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911 庚 辰 gēng chén seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060 丁 卯 dīng mǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047 壬 午 rén wǔ nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062 会 计 年 度 kuài jì nián dù fiscal year 新 春 佳 节 xīn chūn jiā jié Chinese New Year festivities 羊 年 yáng nián Year of the Ram (e.g. 2003) 甲 戌 jiǎ xū eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054 辛 酉 xīn yǒu fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041 丙 子 bǐng zǐ thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056 壬 申 rén shēn ninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052