今年 (jīnnián) means This year. Below are 24 of the 53 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
我女儿 今年 三岁。
Wǒ nǚ'ér jīnnián sān suì.
My daughter is three years old this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 女儿
我弟弟 今年 八岁。
Wǒ dìdi jīnnián bā suì.
My younger brother is eight this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 弟弟
奶奶 今年 八十岁了。
Nǎinai jīnnián bāshí suì le.
Grandma is eighty this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 奶奶
今年 的雨水减少了。
Jīnnián de yǔshuǐ jiǎnshǎo le.
There has been less rain this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 减少
这首歌 今年 很流行。
Zhè shǒu gē jīnnián hěn liúxíng.
This song is very popular this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 流行
今年 流行这种颜色。
Jīnnián liúxíng zhè zhǒng yánsè.
This colour is in fashion this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 流行
他的孙子 今年 五岁。
Tā de sūnzi jīnnián wǔ suì.
His grandson is five this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 孙子
这是 今年 的新趋势。
Zhè shì jīnnián de xīn qūshì.
This is this year's new trend.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 趋势
我外公 今年 八十岁。
Wǒ wàigōng jīnnián bāshí suì.
My grandfather is eighty this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 外公
小麦 今年 长得很好。
Xiǎomài jīnnián zhǎng de hěn hǎo.
The wheat has grown well this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 小麦
今年 的天气很反常。
Jīnnián de tiānqì hěn fǎncháng.
This year's weather is very abnormal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 反常
今年 的寒假有一个月。
Jīnnián de hánjià yǒu yí ge yuè.
This year the winter holiday is a month long.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 寒假
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
今年 的粮食收成很好。
Jīnnián de liángshi shōuchéng hěn hǎo.
This year's grain harvest is very good.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 粮食
公司 今年 出现了赤字。
Gōngsī jīnnián chūxiàn le chìzì.
The company has run a deficit this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 赤字
今年 的收益比去年高。
Jīnnián de shōuyì bǐ qùnián gāo.
This year's returns are higher than last year's.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 收益
公司 今年 的效益很好。
Gōngsī jīnnián de xiàoyì hěn hǎo.
The company's returns this year are very good.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 效益
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From the graded readers
她 今年 十六岁,比我大一岁。
tā jīnnián shíliù suì, bǐ wǒ dà yī suì.
She's sixteen this year, one year older than me.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
今年 我因为工作,没能回去。
jīnnián wǒ yīnwèi gōngzuò, méi néng huíqu.
This year I couldn't get back because of work.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
今年 春天,我终于回去了一趟。
jīnnián chūntiān, wǒ zhōngyú huíqu le / liǎo / liào yī tàng.
This spring I finally went back.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
哥哥 今年 二十岁,他在北京学习。
gēge jīnnián èrshí suì, tā zài běijīng xuéxí.
My brother is twenty this year and he studies in Beijing.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
她 今年 八十三岁了,眼睛不太好。
tā jīnnián bāshí sān suì le / liǎo / liào, yǎnjīng bù tài hǎo / hào.
She's eighty-three this year and her eyes aren't good.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
今年 appears in 53 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 今年
How is 今年 used in a sentence?
This page shows 53 sentences using 今年 (jīnnián, "This 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.
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