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今年 (jīn nián): This year (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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今 • jīn • now, the present time
jīn今

now, the present time

年 • nián • year • HSK 3.0 · L1
HSK 3.0 · L1
nián年

year

Word Info

Pinyinjīn nián
Meaningthis year
Characters2
SyntaxNoun
4.

Example Sentences with 今年

jīn今
nián年
wǒ我
xué学
xí习
zhōng中
wén文
。
I am studying Chinese this year.
tā她
de的
nǚ女
ér儿
jīn今
nián年
shàng上
xiǎo小
xué
jīn今
nián年
xià夏
tiān天
hěn很
rè热
。
This year's summer is very hot.
wǒ我
ér儿
zi子
jīn今
nián年
wǔ五
suì岁
le了
tā他
jīn今
nián年
shí十
bā八
suì岁
le了
。

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 今年.

Words with 今
  • 今天jīn tiāntoday
  • 今后jīn hòuhereafter
  • 今日jīn rìtoday
  • 如今rú jīnnowadays; these days
  • 至今zhì jīnup to now; hitherto; so far
  • 当今dāng jīncurrent
  • 迄今为止qì jīn wéi zhǐto this day; thus far; so far
  • 迄今qì jīnUp to now
Words with 年
  • 明年míng niánnext year
  • 去年qù niánlast year
  • 过年guò niánto celebrate the Chinese New Year
  • 前年qián niánthe year before last
学
le了
。
Her daughter started elementary school this year.
，
tā他
hěn很
xǐ喜
huān欢
qù去
gōng公
yuán园
wán玩
。
My son is five years old this year, and he really enjoys going to the park to play.
He is eighteen years old this year.
后年
hòu nián
the year after next
  • 年级nián jí(school) year/grade
  • 年轻nián qīngyoung
  • 新年xīn niánNew Year