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明年

míngnián

next year

next year
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Characters in this word

明 míng

Strokes
8
Radical
日 — sun
Made of
日 sun 月 moon
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 明

年 nián

Strokes
6
Radical
干 — arid, dry
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 明年我去中国。 Míngnián wǒ qù Zhōngguó. I'm going to China next year.
  • 我明年想学汉语。 Wǒ míngnián xiǎng xué Hànyǔ. I want to learn Chinese next year.
  • 明年他二十岁。 Míngnián tā èrshí suì. He'll be twenty next year.
  • 明年她上大学。 Míngnián tā shàng dàxué. She will go to university next year.
  • 我们明年去北京。 Wǒmen míngnián qù Běijīng. We will go to Beijing next year.
  • 明年你还在这里吗? Míngnián nǐ hái zài zhèlǐ ma? Will you still be here next year?
  • 他明年不工作。 Tā míngnián bù gōngzuò. He won't work next year.
  • 明年我们学中文吧。 Míngnián wǒmen xué Zhōngwén ba. Let's study Chinese next year.
  • 李月明年十八岁。 Lǐ Yuè míngnián shíbā suì. Li Yue will be eighteen next year.
  • 明年学校放假几次? Míngnián xuéxiào fàngjià jǐ cì? How many school holidays are there next year?

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