新年 xīn nián — New Year

Meanings

1. 1

   New Year

   New Year

   time word

Character breakdown

• 年

  nián (second tone, rising)

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

  6 strokesRadical 干

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
• 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