当
年

In those days in Chinese: 当年 (dāng nián)

dāng nián

in those days

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 當年1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1in those days
  2. 2then
  3. 3in those years
  4. 4during that time

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当
年

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ㄉㄤ

dāng

ㄉ/ dㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

ㄋㄧㄢˊ

nián

ㄋ/ nㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

当年

Simplified

當年

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 当年这里还是一片农田。

    dāng nián zhè lǐ hái shì yí piàn nóng tián。

    Back then, this was still farmland.

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Related words

年

nián

year

当

dāng

(onom.) dong

去年

qù nián

last year

当然

dāng rán

only natural

年级

nián jí

grade

年轻

nián qīng

young

当地

dāng dì

local

当时

dāng shí

then

年龄

nián líng

(a person's) age

当代

dāng dài

the present age

年代

nián dài

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

年纪

nián jì

age

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