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  *年* | 年* | *年
year / CL: 個|个
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
grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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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
New Year / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
last year
HSK 1
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  *与* | 与* | *与
(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases) / (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手 "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同 "different from last year") / (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
HSK 6
beginning of the year
HSK 3
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
HSK 2
the end of the year / year-end
HSK 3
to celebrate the Chinese New Year
HSK 2
half a year
HSK 1
next year
HSK 1
the year before last
HSK 2
academic year
HSK 4
quarter of a year / season (sports)
HSK 4
lunar New Year's Eve
HSK 5
the whole year / all year long
HSK 2
year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual
HSK 5
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  *岁* | 岁* | *岁
classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests)
HSK 1
by the end of the year / at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
HSK 5
this year
HSK 1
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  *节* | 节* | *节
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
New Year's Day
HSK 5
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  *属* | 属* | *属
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
New Year's Day
Lunar New Year's Day
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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
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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
March / third month (of the lunar year)
reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)
HSK 7-9
to gather as a group to exchange greetings (typically at New Year)
disaster year; (esp.) year of poor harvest
New Year reception
all year round / for years on end / average year
HSK 6
January / first month (of the lunar year)
the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous
HSK 6
end of the year
HSK 7-9
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  *子* | 子* | *子
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
next year / the coming year
HSK 7-9
September / ninth month (of the lunar year)
the year after next
HSK 3
December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success
all year round
HSK 7-9
about a year
more than a year
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
this past year / over the last years
Happy New Year!
perpetual calendar / ten thousand year calendar / Islamic calendar introduced to Yuan China by Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁
not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)
Year of the Cock (e.g. 2005)
prosperous year / year with bumper harvest
first year in junior middle school / first day of a lunar month
twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067
to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
HSK 7-9
thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
since the dawn of time / from the year dot
a year and a half
July / seventh month (of the lunar year)
calendar year
to grow to adulthood / fully grown; adult / the whole year
HSK 7-9
year after year; yearly; every year; annually
(increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year
lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *正* | 正* | *正
first month of the lunar year
all year round
last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve
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  *兹* | 兹* | *兹
(literary) this / (literary) now / (literary) year
HSK 7-9
CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special / abbr. to 春晚
New Year (Spring Festival) picture
HSK 7-9
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)
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  *今* | 今* | *今
now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)
annual leave / New Year holidays
last year
light-year
April / fourth month (of the lunar year)
particular year
the year 2000 / 2000 years
November / eleventh month (of the lunar 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)
one year period (in a contract or budget)
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  *载* | 载* | *载
to record in writing / to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc) / Taiwan pr. [zai4] / year
Chinese New Year / Lunar New Year
in the same year / to be the same age
HSK 7-9
Year 2, year of the Bull or Ox (e.g. 2009)
(of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's
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)
thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056
nursing infant / child less than one year old
first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
October / tenth month (of the lunar year)
first quarter (of financial year)
fleeting time / horoscope for the year
middle shift; swing shift; early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4–5 year olds)
August / eighth month (of the lunar year)
lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later
during the current year

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