去年 (qù nián): meaning and stroke order
去年 (qù nián) means last year.
去年
- Simplified
- 去年
- Traditional
- 去年 (same form)
- Pinyin
- qù nián
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Stroke order of 去年
去
- qù to go; to go to (a place)
- 5 strokes
Stroke by stroke
年
- Nián surname Nian
- nián year; CL:個|个[ge4]
- nián grain; harvest (old)
- 6 strokes
- Traditional form: 秊
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Meaning of 去年
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qù nián
- last year
Radicals of the characters
- 去
- Radical 厶 (Kangxi radical 28) · 5 strokes · 土 on top, 厶 below
- 年
- Radical 干 (Kangxi radical 51) · 6 strokes · 𠂉 on top, 㐄 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
去年 in our stories
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“她去年走了。我把书还回来,也把我们在路上摘的花留在这里。”
tā qùnián zǒu le wǒ bǎ shū hái huílai yě bǎ wǒmen zài lù shàng zhāi de huā liú zài zhèli
"She passed away last year. I'm bringing the books back, and leaving here the flowers we picked on the way."
From the story Flowers in the book return HSK 5
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可是她的父亲去年摔了一跤以后,腿一直不太方便,一个人住在老房子里。
kěshì tā de fùqīn qùnián shuāi le yì jiāo yǐhòu tuǐ yìzhí bú tài fāngbiàn yí gè rén zhù zài lǎo fángzi lǐ
But since her father's fall last year his leg had never been right, and he lived alone in the old house.
From the story No perfect answer HSK 6
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去年春节,她回国探亲。在老家的饭桌上,亲戚们问她:“什么时候回来定居?”
qùnián Chūnjié tā huí guó tànqīn zài lǎojiā de fànzhuō shàng qīnqi men wèn tā shénme shíhou huílai dìngjū
Last Spring Festival she went back to China to see her family. At the dinner table in her hometown, relatives asked, "When are you coming back for good?"
From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Stories using 去年
- Flowers in the book return HSK 5
- No perfect answer HSK 6
- Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).