今年
jīn nián
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
This year, the current year. Like other time words it comes before the verb, either after the subject or at the start: 他今年十八岁 'he is eighteen this year'. Last year is 去年 and next year 明年.
Năm nay, tức năm đang diễn ra. Giống các từ chỉ thời gian khác, nó đứng trước động từ, sau chủ ngữ hoặc ở đầu câu: 他今年十八岁 (năm nay anh ấy mười tám tuổi). Năm ngoái là 去年, sang năm là 明年.
NounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 年 = niên · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “今年” mean?
This year, the current year. Like other time words it comes before the verb, either after the subject or at the start: 他今年十八岁 'he is eighteen this year'. Last year is 去年 and next year 明年. Literally: present year
Is “今年” formal or informal?
今年 is generally neutral.