CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

年间

niánjiān

in the years of

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

in the years of

during those years

period (of dynasty or decade)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 年间 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 年间 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

1910 年至 1980 年间，世界大部分地区都在变暖，而赤道以南安第斯山脉附近的一些地区实际上却在变冷，之后直到 20 世纪 90 年代中期才发生了变化。1910 nián zhì 1980 nián jiān， shì jiè dà bù fèn dì qū dōu zài biàn nuǎn， ér chì dào yǐ nán ān dì sī shān mài fù jìn de yī xiē dì qū shí jì shàng què zài biàn lěng， zhī hòu zhí dào 20 shì jì 90 nián dài zhōng qī cái fā shēng le biàn huà。

As most of the world was warming up between 1910 and 1980, some areas south of the equator near the Andes were actually cooling down, and then afterwards had no change at all until the middle 1990s.

国际语是IALA（国际辅助语言协会）于1937年至1951年间开发的一门国际辅助语言。它的词汇和语法主要来源于五种控制语言：英语、西班牙语、葡萄牙语、法语和意大利语。guó jì yǔ shì IALA（guó jì fǔ zhù yǔ yán xié huì） yú 1937 nián zhì 1951 nián jiān kāi fā de yī mén guó jì fǔ zhù yǔ yán。 tā de cí huì hé yǔ fǎ zhǔ yào lái yuán yú wǔ zhǒng kòng zhì yǔ yán： yīng yǔ、 xī bān yá yǔ、 pú táo yá yǔ、 fǎ yǔ hé yì dà lì yǔ。

Interlingua is an international auxiliary language developed between 1937 and 1951 by the IALA (International Auxiliary Language Association). Its vocabulary and grammar is chiefly derived from five control languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian.

她的年间收入高。tā de nián jiān shōu rù gāo。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 年间.

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

Directly before

的年间1

Directly after

年间收入1
年间开发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 年间

What does 年间 mean in Chinese?

年间 (niánjiān) means in the years of.

How do you pronounce 年间?

年间 is pronounced niánjiān.

Is 年间 an HSK word?

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

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