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Many years in Chinese: 多年 (duō nián)

duō nián

many years

HSK 3.0 Level 41 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1many years
  2. 2for many years
  3. 3longstanding

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年

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄨㄛ

duō

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

ㄋㄧㄢˊ

nián

ㄋ/ nㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 我们做了多年的好朋友。

    wǒ men zuò le duō nián de hǎo péng yǒu。

    We've been good friends for many years.

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Related words

多

duō

many

年

nián

year

多少

duō shǎo

number

去年

qù nián

last year

多么

duō me

how (wonderful etc)

年级

nián jí

grade

年轻

nián qīng

young

年龄

nián líng

(a person's) age

许多

xǔ duō

many

多亏

duō kuī

thanks to

多余

duō yú

superfluous

年代

nián dài

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

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