Chinese word dictionary

近年来

jìnniánlái · for the past few years

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Word information

Simplified近年来

Traditional近年來

Pinyinjìnniánlái

Part of speechGeneral

HSK 3.05

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

近jìn

to approach; near, close; intimate

年nián

year; anniversary; a person's age

来lái

to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on

How to learn 近年来

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今年jīnnián

this year

来lái

to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])

明年míngnián

next year

年nián

grain; harvest (old); variant of 年[nian2]; surname Nian; year; CL:個|个[ge4]

去年qùnián

last year

出来chūlái

to come out; to appear; to arise