常年
chángnián
all year round; perennial
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
- 这个地区常年缺水,居民不得不依靠地下水和外地供水。 Zhège dìqū chángnián quēshuǐ, jūmín bùdébù yīkào dìxiàshuǐ hé wàidì gōngshuǐ. This region lacks water all year round, so residents have to rely on groundwater and water supplied from elsewhere.
- 山顶上常年都有积雪。 Shāndǐng shàng chángnián dōu yǒu jīxuě. There is snow on the mountaintop all year round.
- 他常年在外地工作,很少回家。 Tā chángnián zài wàidì gōngzuò, hěn shǎo huí jiā. He works away from home all year and seldom comes back.