He lived abroad for many years.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
多年
many years
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
many years
02
for many years
03
longstanding
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 多年 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 多年 appears in 33 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
My father has been engaged in foreign trade for many years.
Tom hasn't talked to Mary in years.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 多年.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 多年.
Directly before
- 麽多年3
- 相识多年2
- 经过多年2
- 看到多年1
- 是多年1
Directly after
- 多年的7
- 多年来6
- 多年前2
- 多年了2
- 多年后2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 多年
What does 多年 mean in Chinese?
多年 (duōnián) means many years.
How do you pronounce 多年?
多年 is pronounced duōnián.
Is 多年 an HSK word?
多年 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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