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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

终年

zhōngnián

entire year

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

entire year

02

throughout the year

03

age at death

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 终年 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 终年 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

这棵树终年常绿。zhè kē shù zhōng nián cháng lǜ。

The tree is green all year round.

台湾的森林终年常青。tái wān de sēn lín zhōng nián cháng qīng。

The forests in Taiwan stay green all year round.

落叶树是指会在秋季脱去树叶的树木,与终年保持叶片的常绿树不同。luò yè shù shì zhǐ huì zài qiū jì tuō qù shù yè de shù mù, yǔ zhōng nián bǎo chí yè piàn de cháng lǜ shù bù tóng。

A deciduous tree is one that loses its leaves in the autumn, unlike evergreen trees, which keep their leaves all year round.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 终年.

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

Directly before

  • 这里终年1
  • 这棵树终年1
  • 森林终年1
  • 与终年1

Directly after

  • 终年寒冷1
  • 终年常绿1
  • 终年常青1
  • 终年保持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 终年

What does 终年 mean in Chinese?

终年 (zhōngnián) means entire year.

How do you pronounce 终年?

终年 is pronounced zhōngnián.

Is 终年 an HSK word?

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

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