That was years ago.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
好几年
several years
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
several years
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 好几年 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 好几年 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I've studied French for several years.
I need a phone that can last for several years.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 好几年.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 好几年.
Directly before
- 要花好几年1
- 是好几年1
- 耐用好几年1
- 生活好几年1
- 已经好几年1
Directly after
- 好几年的2
- 好几年前1
- 好几年了1
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 好几年
What does 好几年 mean in Chinese?
好几年 (hǎojǐnián) means several years.
How do you pronounce 好几年?
好几年 is pronounced hǎojǐnián.
Is 好几年 an HSK word?
好几年 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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