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几年 meaning in English

jǐnián

a few years; several years; how many years?

Traditional 幾年8 strokes

Meaning of 几年

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jǐnián
  1. a few years; several years
  2. how many years?

几年 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

那nà是shì好hǎo几jǐ年nián前qián。
That was years ago.
我wǒ已yǐ经jīng几jǐ年nián没méi回huí去qù波bō士shì顿dùn了le。
I haven't been back to Boston in years.
汤tāng姆mǔ在zài这zhè里lǐ工gōng作zuò了le几jǐ年nián？
How many years did Tom work here?
我wǒ教jiào法fǎ语yǔ几jǐ年nián了le。
I taught French for several years.
几jǐ年nián前qián我wǒ开kāi始shǐ打dǎ高gāo尔ěr夫fū球qiú。
I began playing golf years ago.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

几 jǐ · how many · 2 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2

年 nián · year · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 几年.

今年jīnniánthis year
去年qùniánlast year
明年míngniánnext year
半年bàn niánhalf a year
新年xīnniánNew Year
年轻niánqīngyoung
少年shàoniánearly youth; youngster
青年qīngniányouth; youthful years
青少年qīng-shàoniánadolescent; youth
周年zhōuniánanniversary; annual
年级niánjígrade; year (in school, college etc)
中年zhōngniánmiddle age

Questions about 几年

What does 几年 mean?

几年 (jǐnián) means "a few years; several years; how many years?".

How do you write 几年?

几年 is made of 2 characters: 几 (2 strokes), 年 (6 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

How is 几年 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 几年 is written 幾年.