年

nián · nian/Nián · nian

Traditional 秊

Meaning

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nián 年

  1. year
  2. CL:個 / 个 (gè)

Nián 年

  1. surname Nian

nián 秊

  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 (nián)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

海(hǎi)王(wáng)星(xīng)绕(rào)行(xíng)太(tài)阳(yáng)一(yì)周(zhōu)要(yào)花(huā)一(yì)百(bǎi)六(liù)十(shí)五(wǔ)年(nián)。

It takes 165 years for Neptune to orbit around the sun.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)发(fā)现(xiàn)了(le)我(wǒ)爸(bà)爸(ba)收(shōu)藏(cáng)了(le)30年(nián)的(de)报(bào)纸(zhǐ)。

I discovered my father collected 30 years of newspapers.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by smomo · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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