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  *歲* | 歲* | *歲
classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests)
HSK 1
New Year / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
half a year
HSK 1
next year
HSK 1
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  *年* | 年* | *年
year / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
this year
HSK 1
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  *本* | 本* | *本
(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
HSK 1
last year
HSK 1
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  *嵗* | 嵗* | *嵗
variant of 歲|岁, year / years old
HSK 1
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  *節* | 節* | *節
joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)
HSK 2
to celebrate the Chinese New Year
HSK 2
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
HSK 2
grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
the whole year / all year long
HSK 2
the year before last
HSK 2
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  *屬* | 屬* | *屬
category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute
HSK 3
beginning of the year
HSK 3
the end of the year / year-end
HSK 3
the year after next
HSK 3
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  *底* | 底* | *底
bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数)
HSK 4
academic year
HSK 4
quarter of a year / season (sports)
HSK 4
by the end of the year / at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
HSK 5
New Year's Day
HSK 5
lunar New Year's Eve
HSK 5
year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual
HSK 5
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  *丑* | 丑* | *丑
clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
HSK 5
all year round / for years on end / average year
HSK 6
the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous
HSK 6
end of the year
HSK 7-9
the same year
HSK 7-9
to grow to adulthood / fully grown; adult / the whole year
HSK 7-9
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  *茲* | 茲* | *茲
now / here / this / time / year
HSK 7-9
New Year's Eve family dinner
HSK 7-9
year after year / with each passing year / over the years
HSK 7-9
next year / the coming year
HSK 7-9
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  *未* | 未* | *未
not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
HSK 7-9
all year round
HSK 7-9
New Year (Spring Festival) picture
HSK 7-9
to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
HSK 7-9
September / ninth month (of the lunar year)
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  *戌* | 戌* | *戌
11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog / ancient Chinese compass point: 300°
all year round
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  *申* | 申* | *申
to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240°
reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子)
end of the year
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  *今* | 今* | *今
now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)
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  *載* | 載* | *載
to record in writing / to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc) / Taiwan pr. [zai4] / year
Republic of China (1912-1949) / used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
tenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053
World Pi Day, a celebration of the mathematical constant π on March 14 each year
year after year; yearly; every year; annually
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  *巳* | 巳* | *巳
6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake / ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063
April / fourth month (of the lunar year)
that very same year
first half (of a year)
to step into the new year / New Year
a year-end dinner for employees
July / seventh month (of the lunar year)
during the current year
recent year(s)
December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
particular year
August / eighth month (of the lunar year)
November / eleventh month (of the lunar year)
prosperous year / year with bumper harvest
this past year / over the last years
last year
three-year college / junior college / professional training college
months and year / time / days of one's life
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  *午* | 午* | *午
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
fleeting time / horoscope for the year
leap year / (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month
second half of the year
Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side)
spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles)
March / third month (of the lunar year)
Year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
timeline / chronology / annals / financial year / year
October / tenth month (of the lunar year)
the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day
start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest
the first year of a millennium (esp. the year 2000)
within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year
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  *酉* | 酉* | *酉
10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster / ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
the year 2000 / 2000 years
to gather around the stove / (Tw) to come together for a family dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve
this year's / the current year's
to see in the New Year / to welcome new guests / by extension, to receive new students
June / sixth month (of the lunar year)
a lower grade (in a school) (e.g. 1st or 2nd year); the lower division (of a school etc)
season / time of the year
lunar new year
January / first month (of the lunar year)
current / this year
this year / the current year
(literary) every year; year after year / (literary) in recent years / Taiwan pr. [bi4 nian2]
one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)
to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit

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