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This year in Chinese

this year · HSK 1

今年 jīn nián

  1. 今 jīn now
  2. 年 nián year

我今年二十岁。 I'm twenty this year.

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How do you say this year in Chinese?

This year in Chinese is 今年 (jīn nián).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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