年 nián
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
年均
niánjūn
annual average; average per year
Characters in this word
均 jūn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这个城市年均降雨量不到三百毫米，气候十分干燥。 Zhège chéngshì niánjūn jiàngyǔliàng bú dào sānbǎi háomǐ, qìhòu shífēn gānzào. This city's average annual rainfall is under three hundred millimetres, and the climate is very dry.
- 她年均读书二十本，从不间断。 Tā niánjūn dú shū èrshí běn, cóng bù jiànduàn. She reads twenty books a year on average, without ever stopping.
- 这个小镇年均接待的游客超过一百万人。 Zhège xiǎozhèn niánjūn jiēdài de yóukè chāoguò yì bǎi wàn rén. This small town receives over a million visitors a year on average.