年
nián
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
A year, the period of twelve months. It is counted directly, with no measure word: 一年 'one year', 两年 'two years'. 今年 is this year, 明年 next year, 去年 last year. A calendar year is read digit by digit: 二零二五年 is 2025.
Năm, khoảng thời gian mười hai tháng. Đếm thẳng, không cần lượng từ: 一年 (một năm), 两年 (hai năm). 今年 là năm nay, 明年 là sang năm, 去年 là năm ngoái. Năm dương lịch thì đọc từng chữ số: 二零二五年 là năm 2025.
NounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (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 “年” mean?
A year, the period of twelve months. It is counted directly, with no measure word: 一年 'one year', 两年 'two years'. 今年 is this year, 明年 next year, 去年 last year. A calendar year is read digit by digit: 二零二五年 is 2025.
Is “年” formal or informal?
年 is generally neutral.