CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

年来

niánlái

this past year

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

this past year

over the last years

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 年来 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 年来 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

这是 50 年来最热的夏天。zhè shì 50 nián lái zuì rè de xià tiān。

This is the hottest summer we have had in fifty years.

但我将总是会向你们坦陈我们所面临的挑战。我会听取你们的意见，尤其是存在不同意见的时候。最重要的是，我会请求你们参与重建这个国家，以美国221年来从未改变的唯一方式-一砖一瓦、同心协力。dàn wǒ jiāng zǒng shì huì xiàng nǐ men tǎn chén wǒ men suǒ miàn lín de tiǎo zhàn。 wǒ huì tīng qǔ nǐ men de yì jiàn， yóu qí shì cún zài bù tóng yì jiàn de shí hòu。 zuì zhòng yào de shì， wǒ huì qǐng qiú nǐ men cān yù chóng jiàn zhè ge guó jiā， yǐ měi guó 221 nián lái cóng wèi gǎi biàn de wéi yī fāng shì - yī zhuān yī wǎ、 tóng xīn xié lì。

But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years; block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 年来.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 年来.

Directly before

No repeated neighbour in the corpus.

Directly after

年来最热1
年来从未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 年来

What does 年来 mean in Chinese?

年来 (niánlái) means this past year.

How do you pronounce 年来?

年来 is pronounced niánlái.

Is 年来 an HSK word?

年来 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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