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全年 (quán nián) — annual; year-round; throughout the year

Definition

adjective
annualyear-roundthroughout the year

Examples

  • 全年。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī quán nián shōu rù chāo guò yí yì yuán.
    This company's annual revenue exceeds 100 million yuan.
  • 全年，。
    Zhè ge jǐng diǎn quán nián kāi fàng, huān yíng yóu kè qián lái cān guān.
    This scenic spot is open year-round and welcomes visitors.
  • 全年。
    Wǒ men zhì dìng le quán nián péi xùn jì huà.
    We have formulated an annual training plan.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

全quánwhole
年niányear

全 means whole, and 年 means year, so it refers to the whole year.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
禾禾héwheat; grain
Sound part声符shēngfú
人
人rén年nián
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

年 pairs 禾 (grain) with 人, which gives the sound. Its original meaning was harvest, and it later came to mean a year.

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