跟我学汉字:年(nián)

2017-10-18

 

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 "nián" resembles a person harvesting crops. Since "nián" means year and the harvesting cycles for most crops are a year, the Chinese named each cycle "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.

[ Web editor:Robin Wang, Wu Jianhan    Source:i.myechinese.com ]