年 (nián) — year
Definition
年 (nián) means 'year' as a time unit — the calendar year, duration, or one's age. For age, use 岁 (suì); 个 is the common measure word (e.g. 一年, 三个年 is unidiomatic — use 三年).
year
Measure word · 个
Easily confused
Examples
- 。Qù nián wǒ qù zhōng guó le.Last year I went to China.
- 年。Wǒ xué zhōng wén yì nián le.I have studied Chinese for one year.
- 年。Tā gōng zuò le sān nián.He worked for three years.
Grammar
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