今 jīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
今年
jīnnián
this year
Characters in this word
年 nián
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 今年我二十岁。 Jīnnián wǒ èrshí suì. I'm twenty this year.
- 今年我在北京。 Jīnnián wǒ zài Běijīng. This year I'm in Beijing.
- 我今年去中国。 Wǒ jīnnián qù Zhōngguó. I'm going to China this year.
- 李月今年在大学学习。 Lǐ Yuè jīnnián zài dàxué xuéxí. Li Yue is studying at the university this year.
- 今年天气非常热。 Jīnnián tiānqì fēicháng rè. The weather is very hot this year.
- 爸爸今年工作很忙。 Bàba jīnnián gōngzuò hěn máng. Dad is very busy with work this year.
- 你今年想去哪里？ Nǐ jīnnián xiǎng qù nǎlǐ? Where do you want to go this year?
- 小王今年没回家。 Xiǎo Wáng jīnnián méi huíjiā. Xiao Wang didn't return home this year.
- 弟弟今年十八岁了。 Dìdi jīnnián shíbā suì le. Younger brother turned eighteen this year.
- 老师今年教哪个班？ Lǎoshī jīnnián jiāo nǎ ge bān? Which class is the teacher teaching this year?
Related words
- 今天 jīntiān today
- 今后 jīnhòu from now on; in the future
- 至今 zhìjīn until now
- 如今 rújīn nowadays
- 今日 jīnrì today
- 当今 dāngjīn now, at present
- 古今中外 gǔjīnzhōngwài ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign; all times and places
- 迄今 qìjīn so far; to date; up to now
- 半年 bànnián half a year
- 明年 míngnián next year
- 年 nián year
- 去年 qùnián last year