去
年

Last year in Chinese: 去年 (qù nián)

qù nián

last year

HSK 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1last year

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年

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄩˋ

qù

ㄑ/ qㄩ/ üˋ/ fourth tone

ㄋㄧㄢˊ

nián

ㄋ/ nㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 她去年出生。

    tā qù nián chū shēng。

    She was born last year.

  • 去年桃子丰收。

    qù nián táo zǐ fēng shōu。

    There was a large harvest of peaches last year.

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Related words

年

nián

year

去

qù

to go

过去

guò qù

(in the) past

年级

nián jí

grade

年轻

nián qīng

young

年龄

nián líng

(a person's) age

年代

nián dài

a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)

年纪

nián jì

age

去世

qù shì

to pass away

失去

shī qù

to lose

半年

bàn nián

half a year

出去

chū qù

to go out

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