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明年 (míng nián): Next year (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

明年 consists of 2 characters.

明 • míng • bright, clear, or to understand

míng明

bright, clear, or to understand

年 • nián • year • HSK 3.0 · L1

HSK 3.0 · L1

nián年

year

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Pinyinmíng nián

Meaningnext year

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 1

SyntaxNoun

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More common words that include characters from 明年.

Words with 明

明天míng tiāntomorrow
明白míng baito understand
聪明cōng mingclever; intelligent
证明zhèng míngproof
说明shuō míngto explain; instruction
说明书shuō míng shū(technical) manual
光明guāng mínglight; bright; openhearted
发明fā mínginvent; expound

Words with 年

今年jīn niánthis year
去年qù niánlast year
过年guò niánto celebrate the Chinese New Year
前年qián niánthe year before last
后年

hòu nián

the year after next

年级nián jí(school) year/grade

年轻nián qīngyoung

新年xīn niánNew Year

3.

Example Sentences with 明年

míng明

nián年

shì是

shé蛇

nián年

。

Next year is the Year of the Snake.

wǒ我

míng明

nián年

qù去

Zhōng中

guó国

。

I will go to China next year.

tā他

míng明

nián年

dà大

xué学

bì毕

yè业

。

He will graduate from university next year.

tā她

míng明

nián年

dǎ打

suàn算

jià嫁

rén人

。

She plans to get married next year.

tā他

men们

jì计

huà划

míng明

nián年

jié结

hūn婚

。

tā他

dǎ打

suàn算

míng明

nián年

qǔ娶

qī妻

chéng成

jiā家

wǒ我

men们

jì计

huà划

míng明

nián年

qù去

ōu欧

zhōu洲

míng明

nián年

shì是

hóu猴

nián年

，

wǒ我

hěn很

qī期

dài

wǒ我

jì计

huà划

míng明

nián年

qù去

rì日

běn本

lǚ旅

míng明

nián年

shì是

tù兔

nián年

，

wǒ我

hěn很

qī期

dài

They plan to get married next year.

。

He plans to marry and start a family next year.

lǚ

旅

yóu游

。

We plan to travel to Europe next year.

待

。

Next year is the Year of the Monkey, I'm looking forward to it.

yóu

游

。

I plan to travel to Japan next year

待

。

Next year is the Year of the Rabbit, I'm looking forward to it