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年级年級 niánjí — year, grade (at school)

niánjí (second tone, rising)nian2ji2

Traditional: 年級

year, grade (at school)

HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)nounMeasure word 个
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Meanings

  1. year, grade (at school)

    The school year a pupil is in — 一年级 through 六年级 in primary school, and on into university. The verb is 上: 上三年级, to be in the third year.

    noun

Character breakdown

  • 年
    nián (second tone, rising)

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

    6 strokesRadical 干

Example sentences

  • 你弟弟上几年级？你弟弟上幾年級？Nǐ (third tone, dipping) dìdi (fourth tone, falling) shàng (fourth tone, falling) jǐ (third tone, dipping) niánjí? (second tone, rising)···

    What year is your little brother in?

  • 我们班是三年级的，他们班是四年级的。我們班是三年級的，他們班是四年級的。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) bān (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling) sān (first tone, high and level) niánjí (second tone, rising) de, (neutral tone) tāmen (first tone, high and level) bān (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling) sì (fourth tone, falling) niánjí (second tone, rising) de. (neutral tone)···

    Our class is in the third year; theirs is in the fourth.

Common mistakes

  • Not quite我学习三年级。

    Correct我上三年级。

    Being in a year is 上, the same verb as 上课 and 上班 — you go up into it. 学习 is what you do there, not where you are.

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