一年到头/一年到頭 yī nián dào tóu — all year round

Meanings

1. 1

   all year round

   all year round

   expression

Character breakdown

• 年

  nián (second tone, rising)

  year; age, years of a person’s life; the annual harvest (original sense)

  6 strokesRadical 干
• 到

  dào (fourth tone, falling)

  to arrive, to reach, to get to; to go to; up to, until; (as a verb complement) successfully

  8 strokes⿰至刂Radical 刀

Words containing 年

• 年nián (second tone, rising)year
• 今年jīn (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)this year
• 年轻/年輕niánqīng (second tone, rising)young
• 去年qùnián (fourth tone, falling)last year
• 年代nián (second tone, rising) dài (fourth tone, falling)a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
• 年龄/年齡nián (second tone, rising) líng (second tone, rising)(a person's) age
• 年级/年級niánjí (second tone, rising)year, grade (at school)
• 明年míng (second tone, rising) nián (second tone, rising)next year
• 当年/當年dāng (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)in those days
• 新年xīn (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)New Year
• 年纪/年紀nián (second tone, rising) jì (fourth tone, falling)age
• 青年qīng (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)youth
• 周年/週年zhōu (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)anniversary
• 年度nián (second tone, rising) dù (fourth tone, falling)year (e.g. school year
• 少年shào (fourth tone, falling) nián (second tone, rising)early youth
• 青少年qīng (first tone, high and level) shào (fourth tone, falling) nián (second tone, rising)adolescent
• 多年duō (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)many years
• 童年tóng (second tone, rising) nián (second tone, rising)childhood

Words containing 到

• 到dào (fourth tone, falling)to arrive, to get to
• 看到kàn (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)to see
• 找到zhǎo (third tone, dipping) dào (fourth tone, falling)to find
• 得到dé (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)to get
• 见到/見到jiàn (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)to see
• 想到xiǎng (third tone, dipping) dào (fourth tone, falling)to think of
• 感到gǎn (third tone, dipping) dào (fourth tone, falling)to feel; to sense; to perceive
• 做到zuò (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)to accomplish
• 受到shòu (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)to receive
• 听到/聽到tīng (first tone, high and level) dào (fourth tone, falling)to hear
• 来到/來到lái (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)to arrive; to come
• 回到huí (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)to return to
• 遇到yùdào (fourth tone, falling)to run into, to bump into (by chance)
• 收到shōu (first tone, high and level) dào (fourth tone, falling)to receive
• 达到/達到dá (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)to reach
• 直到zhí (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)until
• 接到jiē (first tone, high and level) dào (fourth tone, falling)to receive (letter etc)
• 到底dàodǐ (fourth tone, falling)after all, when it comes down to it; (in questions) just what/who/why…