去年 (qùnián) means Last year. Below are 24 of the 35 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
去年 我在中国学习汉语。
Qùnián wǒ zài Zhōngguó xuéxí Hànyǔ.
Last year I studied Chinese in China.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 去年
这本书 去年 出版。
Zhè běn shū qùnián chūbǎn.
This book was published last year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 出版
他的工资比 去年 高。
Tā de gōngzī bǐ qùnián gāo.
His salary is higher than last year.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 工资
这家公司 去年 成立。
Zhè jiā gōngsī qùnián chénglì.
This company was founded last year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 成立
他 去年 找到了对象。
Tā qùnián zhǎodào le duìxiàng.
He found a partner last year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 对象
她 去年 嫁到了外地。
Tā qùnián jià dào le wàidì.
She married and moved away last year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 嫁
这本书 去年 才问世。
Zhè běn shū qùnián cái wènshì.
This book only came out last year.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 问世
去年 我去北京旅游了。
Qùnián wǒ qù Běijīng lǚyóu le.
Last year I travelled to Beijing.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 旅游
这张照片是 去年 照的。
Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn shì qùnián zhào de.
This photo was taken last year.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 照片
今年的奖金比 去年 多。
Jīnnián de jiǎngjīn bǐ qùnián duō.
This year's bonus is bigger than last year's.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 奖金
那家公司 去年 破产了。
Nà jiā gōngsī qùnián pò chǎn le.
That company went bankrupt last year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 破产
他 去年 娶了一位老师。
Tā qùnián qǔ le yí wèi lǎoshī.
He married a teacher last year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 娶
他的爷爷 去年 去世了。
Tā de yéye qùnián qùshì le.
His grandfather passed away last year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 去世
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From the graded readers
去年 我考试没考好，很难过。
qùnián wǒ kǎoshì méi kǎo hǎo / hào, hěn nán'guò.
Last year I did badly in an exam and felt terrible.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
去年 爸爸来看我工作的地方。
qùnián bàba láikàn wǒ gōngzuò de / dì dìfang.
Last year my father came to see where I work.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
去年 下半年，我的压力特别大。
qùnián xià bàn nián, wǒ de(possessive) yālì tèbié dà.
In the second half of last year I was under enormous pressure.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
去年 冬天，我在一个陌生的城市迷路了。
qùnián dōngtiān, wǒ zài yīgè mòshēng de / dì chéngshì mílù le / liǎo / liào.
Last winter I got lost in a city I didn't know.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
去年 我们差点儿因为一件小事不再来往。
qùnián wǒmen chā / chà / chāi diǎn ér yīnwèi yíjiàn xiǎoshì bùzài láiwǎng.
Last year we nearly stopped speaking over something trivial.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
去年 appears in 35 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 去年
How is 去年 used in a sentence?
This page shows 35 sentences using 去年 (qùnián, "Last year"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 去年 an HSK word?
Yes — 去年 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 去年?
The dictionary page for 去年 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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