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"the solar year" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
回归年 回歸年 huí guī nián the solar year / the year defined as the period between successive equinoxes
Chinese Pinyin Translation
同比 tóng bǐ (statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year / year on year / year over year syn
年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest syn
甲子 jiǎ zǐ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year cycle
整年累月 zhěng nián lěi yuè month after month, year after year / year in, year out syn
年度 nián dù year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual syn
年前 nián qián by the end of the year / at the end of the year / shortly before New Year
年份 nián fen particular year / certain year / given year syn
年年 nián nián year after year / yearly / every year / annually syn
逐年 zhú nián year after year / with each passing year / over the years syn
元年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
年中 nián zhōng within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year
旧年 舊年 jiù nián last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) syn
大后年 大後年 dà hòu nián three years from now / year after year after next year
岁岁平安 歲歲平安 suì suì píng ān May you have peace year after year (New Year's greeting)
躲年 duǒ nián to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)
年年有馀 年年有餘 nián nián yǒu yú lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
比年 bǐ nián (literary) every year / year after year / (literary) in recent years / Taiwan pr. [bi4 nian2]
年年有余 年年有餘 nián nián yǒu yú lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
卒岁 卒歲 zú suì (literary) to get through the year / entire year / throughout the year
小年夜 xiǎo nián yè (coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)
太阳能干燥器 太陽能幹燥器 solar drier / solar dehydrator
子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn
虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
未 wèi not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210° syn
节 節 jié joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) syn
午 wǔ 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south) syn
申 shēn to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240° syn
辰 chén 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon / ancient Chinese compass point: 120° syn
亥 hài 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
巳 sì 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake / ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
寅 yín 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger / ancient Chinese compass point: 60° syn
酉 yǒu 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster / ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
戌 xū 11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog / ancient Chinese compass point: 300°
二十四节气 二十四節氣 èr shí sì jié qi the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
太阳活动峰年 太陽活動峰年 tài yáng huó dòng fēng nián Solar Maximum Year
每年 měi nián every year / each year / yearly syn
年底 nián dǐ the end of the year / year-end syn
全年 quán nián the whole year / all year long
常年 cháng nián all year round / for years on end / average year syn
应届 應屆 yīng jiè this year's / the current year's
初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn
初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year
本年度 běn nián dù this year / the current year
贺岁 賀歲 hè suì to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit syn
拜年 bài nián to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year syn
来年 來年 lái nián next year / the coming year syn
去年底 qù nián dǐ late last year / the end of last year
终年 終年 zhōng nián entire year / throughout the year / age at death syn
财年 財年 cái nián fiscal year / financial year
春节联欢晚会 春節聯歡晚會 chūn jié lián huān wǎn huì CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special / abbr. to 春晚[Chun1 Wan3]
乙酉 yǐ yǒu twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065
经年 經年 jīng nián for years / year after year
丙戌 bǐng xū twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066
甲午 jiǎ wǔ thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
戊戌 wù xū thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018
丰年 豐年 fēng nián prosperous year / year with bumper harvest syn
甲申 jiǎ shēn 21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064
翌年 yì nián the following year / the next year syn
庚子 gēng zǐ 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020
辛亥 xīn hài forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031 / cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911
庚辰 gēng chén seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060
年表 nián biǎo timeline / chronology / annals / financial year / year
丁卯 dīng mǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
壬午 rén wǔ nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062
甲戌 jiǎ xū eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054
辛酉 xīn yǒu fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041
丙子 bǐng zǐ thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056
壬申 rén shēn ninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052
庚午 gēng wǔ seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050
癸未 guǐ wèi twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063
戊辰 wù chén fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048
庚申 gēng shēn fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040
大年三十 dà nián sān shí last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve
丁丑 dīng chǒu fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057
戊寅 wù yín fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058
丙寅 bǐng yín third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046
甲寅 jiǎ yín 51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
辛未 xīn wèi eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051
己卯 jǐ mǎo sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059
辛丑 xīn chǒu thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021 / cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising
壬戌 rén xū fifty-ninth year I11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1982 or 2042
癸亥 guǐ hài sixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043
癸酉 guǐ yǒu tenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053
戊午 wù wǔ fifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038
丁亥 dīng hài twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067
辛巳 xīn sì eighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061
己巳 jǐ sì sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049
乙亥 yǐ hài twelfth year B12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1995 or 2055
甲辰 jiǎ chén 41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024
丙辰 bǐng chén fifty-third year C5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036
庚寅 gēng yín twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070
乙丑 yǐ chǒu second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045
乙卯 yǐ mǎo fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035
丙午 bǐng wǔ forty-third year C7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1966 or 2026
庚戌 gēng xū forty-seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030
己未 jǐ wèi fifty-sixth year F8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1979 or 2039
戊子 wù zǐ twenty-fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068
丁巳 dīng sì fifty-fourth year D6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1977 or 2037
癸丑 guǐ chǒu fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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