nián
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How to write (nián) in Chinese

(pinyin: nián, written "nian" or "nian") means year; anniversary; a person's age. Below: its meaning, pronunciation, stroke order, and example sentences, so you can learn how to read, say, and write .

Meaning

  • year; anniversary; a person's age

Stroke order

Examples

是啊,搬来一年多了。你呢?
shì a, bān lái yì nián duō le. nǐ ne?
Yeah, moved in over a year ago. You?
我去年才搬过来。十八楼,你呢?
wǒ qù nián cái bān guò lái. shí bā lóu, nǐ ne?
I moved here just last year. Eighteenth floor, you?
灵隐寺已经有一千七百多年的历史了。
líng yǐn sì yǐ jīng yǒu yì qiān qī bǎi duō nián de lì shǐ le.
Lingyin Temple has more than seventeen hundred years of history.
这匹马是唐朝的,差不多一千三百年了。
zhè pǐ mǎ shì táng cháo de, chà bu duō yì qiān sān bǎi nián le.
This horse is from the Tang Dynasty. About thirteen hundred years old.
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