学年 (xué nián) — academic year

Definition

学年 is the full academic year as a whole — typically split into two 学期 (semesters). 学期 refers to one of those halves; 年级 is your grade level, not a time period.

noun
academic year

Examples

  • 学年
    Wǒ men xué xiào de xué nián cóng jiǔ yuè kāi shǐ.
    Our school's academic year starts in September.
  • 学年
    Zhè ge xué nián yí gòng yǒu liǎng gè xué qī.
    This academic year has two semesters in total.
  • 学年
    Wǒ xī wàng zhè ge xué nián néng xué dào hěn duō xīn zhī shi.
    I hope to learn a lot of new knowledge this academic year.

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