middle age

good year ⇒ 瑞雪兆丰年。 Ruìxuě zhào fēngnián. → Snow at the right time is a sign of a good harvest.

this year ⇒ 今年年底我父亲就要退休了。 Jīnnián niándǐ wǒ fùqīn jiù yào tuìxiū le. → My father will retire at the end of this year. ⇒ 今年夏天他大学就要毕业了。 Jīnnián xiàtiān tā dàxué jiù yào bìyè le. → He graduates from university this summer.

the year before last

last year

the same year

the year after next

prime of life

( 丰年 ) bumper year

youth

( 时代 ) period

a particular year ⇒ 这两笔支出不在一个年份。 Zhè liǎng bǐ zhīchū bù zài yī gè niánfèn. → These two expenses were not incurred in the same year.

annual meeting

the end of the year

( 书 ) years pl

( 年份 ) year

year ⇒ 年度预算 niándù yùsuàn → annual budget

harvest

( 年成 ) harvest

( 书 ) years pl

year ( 英 ) grade ( 美 )

age ⇒ 他年纪不大。 Tā niánjì bù dà. → He's quite young.

chronology

chronology

Spring Festival goods pl

young

( 书 ) old

yearbook

time limit ⇒ 贷款偿还年限 dàikuǎn chánghuán niánxiàn → mortgage repayment period

young

age

infancy

those days ⇒ 想当年,我们都很幼稚。 Xiǎng dāngnián, wǒmen dōu hěn yòuzhì. → Thinking back to those days, we were all so naïve.

( 指动植物 ) mature

pay a New Year call ( pt , pp paid )

( 指一段时间 ) New Year

youth ⇒ 他早年当过兵。 Tā zǎonián dāngguo bīng. → In his youth he was a soldier.

old age

old age

final years pl ⇒ 老人无儿无女,只能孤单单地度过残年。 Lǎorén wú ér wú nǚ, zhǐ néng gūdāndān de dùguò cánnián. → The old man had no children, and lived out his final years in loneliness.

childhood

( 全年 ) the whole year

old age

the flush of one's youth

famine year

extend New Year's greetings ⇒ 贺年卡 hèniánkǎ → New Year's card

celebrate the new year

leap year

aged ⇒ 陈年老酒 chénnián lǎojiǔ → old wine

youth