年

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Pronunciation : nián

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Meaning :
  1. year. (n)
  2. annual; yearly. (adj)
  3. age; a period in one’s life. (n)
Radical : 干
Strokes : 6
Traditional : 年
Usage : 70.9%
Sentences:
1. I was born in 1980.
wǒ shì yī jiǔ bā líng nián chū shēng de 。
我 是 1 9 8 0 年 出 生 的 。

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我 : I
是 : be
年 : year
出生 : born
的 : (particle) used to form a noun phrase or nominal expression
2. How much is his annual salary?
tā de nián xīn shì duō shǎo ？
他 的 年 薪 是 多 少 ？

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他的 : his
年 : annual
薪 : salary
是 : be
多 : a lot of
少 : few
多少 : how many, how much
3. He’s well over sixty, but he doesn’t look at all old.
tā yǐ nián guò liù shí ， dàn háo bú jiàn lǎo 。
他 已 年 过 六 十 ， 但 毫 不 见 老 。

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他 : he
已 : already
年过 : over
六十 : (numeral) sixty
但 : but
毫 : (used in the negative) in the least, at all
不 : not
见 : see
老 : old
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September 7th, 2009 in Daily Word, Level 1 | tags: , , , ,

Comments (2)

Joe - Xuesheng1September 7th, 2009 at 11:20 pm

Minmin 你好，

Is something missing in this sentence?
他 已 年 过 六 十 ， 但 毫 不 见 老 。

Your Pinyin says: ta ZAO yi nian …

I still read your work everyday. Thanks.

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Min Min Reply:
September 7th, 2009 at 11:45 pm

Hi Joe,
I just noticed that. The “zao” should be “早”. But it makes no difference if taking away.
I have corrected it.
Thanks. I hope you enjoy learning Chinese and find this site useful.

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