过年

Character by character

• 过guò7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 過pass, pass through, go across
• 年nián6 strokesHSK 1year; new-years; person's age

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Example sentences

• 过年了。

  Guò nián le

  It's the new year.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 过年. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 过guòHSK 1

  to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-

• 年niánHSK 1

  grain; harvest (old); variant of 年

• 不过bù guòHSK 2

  only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)

• 通过tōng guòHSK 2

  to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via

• 过去guò qùHSK 2

  (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

• 过来guò láiHSK 2

  to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of

• 今年jīn niánHSK 1

  this year

• 经过jīng guòHSK 2

  to pass; to go through; process; course

• 去年qù niánHSK 1

  last year

• 过程guò chéngHSK 3

  course of events; process

• 超过chāo guòHSK 2

  to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip

• 年轻nián qīngHSK 2

  young

• 年代nián dàiHSK 3

  a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period

• 错过cuò guòHSK 6

  to miss (train, opportunity etc)

• 年龄nián língHSK 5

  (a person's) age

• 明年míng niánHSK 1

  next year

• 只不过zhǐ bu guòHSK 5

  only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...

• 难过nán guòHSK 2

  to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult

• 度过dù guòHSK 4

  to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through

• 当年dāng niánHSK 5

  in those days; then; in those years; during that time

• 新年xīn niánHSK 1

  New Year

• 年纪nián jìHSK 3

  age

• 青年qīng niánHSK 2

  youth; youthful years; young person; the young

• 周年zhōu niánHSK 2

  anniversary; annual