来
年

Next year in Chinese: 来年 (lái nián)

lái nián

next year

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 來年1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1next year
  2. 2the coming year

Stroke order

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来
年

Zhuyin

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ㄌㄞˊ

lái

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

ㄋㄧㄢˊ

nián

ㄋ/ nㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

来年

Simplified

來年

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 希望来年会有更好的收成。

    xī wàng lái nián huì yǒu gèng hǎo de shōu chéng。

    I hope next year brings a better harvest.

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Related words

来

lái

to come

年

nián

year

去年

qù nián

last year

年级

nián jí

grade

年轻

nián qīng

young

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

年龄

nián líng

(a person's) age

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

原来

yuán lái

original

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