跟我学汉字:年(nián)
字形:
年字的古体由禾与人组成,像人拉禾的样子,表示谷物成熟了,收割了。庄稼一次成熟到下次成熟的周期是一年。
The ancient version of the character "年nián" resembles a person harvesting crops. Since "年nián" means year and the harvesting cycles for most crops are a year, the Chinese named each cycle "年nián".
字义:
year
组词:
今年(jīnnián): this year
新年(xīnnián): new year
青年(qīngnián): youth
童年(tóngnián): childhood
年龄(niánlíng): age
过年(guò nián): celebrate the Chinese New Year
例句:
1. 今年房价暴涨。
Jīnnián fáng jià bào zhǎng.
House prices have gone through the roof this year.
2. 这家青年旅行社很有名。
Zhè jiā Qīngnián Lǚxíngshè hěn yǒumíng.
The Youth Travel Service is very famous.
3. 他们两个年龄相当。
Tāmen liǎng gè niánlíng xiāngdāng.
They were well-matched in age.