Chinese words starting with “nian”
15 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable nian. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 6 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial n · final ian · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 2nd tone 11
- 4th tone 4
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 年轻nián qīngHSK 2
young
- 年代nián dàiHSK 3
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period
- 年纪nián jìHSK 3
age
- 年级nián jíHSK 2
grade; year (in school, college etc)
- 年底nián dǐHSK 3
the end of the year; year-end
- 年初nián chūHSK 3
beginning of the year
All 15 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 年 | nián | qt,t,n | grain; harvest (old); variant of 年 | |
| 2 | 年龄 | nián líng | n | (a person's) age | |
| 3 | 念 | niàn | v,g | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 4 | 年度 | nián dù | n | year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual | |
| 5 | 念头 | niàn tou | n | thought; idea; intention | |
| 6 | 年夜饭 | nián yè fàn | New Year's Eve family dinner | ||
| 7 | 黏 | nián | a | sticky; glutinous; (Tw) to adhere; to stick on; to glue | |
| 8 | 年薪 | nián xīn | n | annual salary | |
| 9 | 念书 | niàn shū | v | to read; to study | |
| 10 | 念念不忘 | niàn niàn bù wàng | v | to keep in mind constantly (idiom) | |
| 11 | 年终 | nián zhōng | t | end of the year | |
| 12 | 年前 | nián qián | t | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 13 | 年限 | nián xiàn | n | age limit; fixed number of years | |
| 14 | 年迈 | nián mài | z | old; aged | |
| 15 | 年画 | nián huà | New Year (Spring Festival) picture |
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