How to say “last year” in Chinese
last year
“Last year” in Chinese is 去年, qù nián: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
去年 is read qù nián: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “去年”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 去年. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 她去年生了一个女儿tāqùniánshēngleyígenǚ’érLast year she had a daughter.
- 跟去年相比，今年的价格高了很多。gēnqùniánxiāngbǐ,jīnniándejiàgégāolehěnduōCompared with last year, prices this year are much higher.
- 今年的收入是去年的两倍jīnniándeshōurùshìqùniándeliǎngbèiThis year’s income is twice last year’s.
- 他去年加入了这家公司tāqùniánjiārùlezhèjiāgōngsīHe joined this company last year.
- 自去年以来他一直在学汉语zìqùniányǐlái,tāyìzhízàixuéHànyǔHe's been studying Chinese since last year.
- 我去年考了四级，今年想考五级。wǒqùniánkǎolesìjí,jīnniánxiǎngkǎowǔjíLast year I took the level 4 exam; this year I want to take level 5.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “last year” in Chinese?
“Last year” in Chinese is 去年, pinyin qùnián.
What does 去年 mean?
去年 (qùnián) means “last year”.
How do you write 去年?
去年 is 2 characters: 去 (qù) — go, leave; 年 (nián) — year. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 去年?
去年 is read qùnián. Tones: qù — fourth tone, nián — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“last year” in the lesson “What's the date today?”
This word is from the topic “Time and the day” of HSK 1. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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