去年(qù nián)

HSK 12 characters

last year

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

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

  • 去年退休了。

    wǒ qù nián tuì xiū le

    I retired last year.

  • 去年在日本。

    kěn qù nián zài rì běn

    Ken was in Japan last year.

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