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明年 (míng nián) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 1

明年 (míng nián) is a Chinese word: next year. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 明年

名 míng noun

next year

我明年要去中国旅游。

wǒ míng nián yào qù zhōng guó lǚ yóu

I'm going to travel to China next year.

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Word breakdown

明 míng — next, following (in time)

年 nián — year

Structure & writing
1 明 míng — bright; light (opposite of "dark")
明 is a component in 2 characters

consists of

1.1 日 rì — the sun
日 is a component in 67 characters
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Stroke order

2 年 nián — year (unit of time; common year = 365 days, leap year = 366 days, every 4 years)

年 is not used as a component in any other character.

年 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order