今年(jīn nián)

HSK 12 characters

this year

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 今年 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 今年夏天很冷。

    jīn nián xià tiān hěn lěng

    Summer is cold this year.

  • 今年是哪一年?

    jīn nián shì nǎ yī nián

    What year is it?

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