Word information
Simplified去年
Traditional去年
Pinyinqùnián
Part of speech名
HSK 3.01
HSK 2.02
Character breakdown
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How to learn 去年
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Words with the same characters
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今年jīnnián
this year
明年míngniánnext year
年niángrain; harvest (old); variant of 年[nian2]; surname Nian; year; CL:個|个[ge4]
去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
出去chūqùto go out
过年guòniánto celebrate the Chinese New Year