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年头 meaning in English

niántóu

start of the year; whole year

Traditional 年頭11 strokes

Meaning of 年头

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

niántóu
  1. start of the year
  2. whole year
  3. a particular year
  4. period
  5. days
  6. epoch
  7. a year's harvest

年头 in example sentences

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

别bié忘wàng了le这zhè年nián头tóu好hǎo工gōng作zuò已yǐ经jīng很hěn难nán找zhǎo了le。
Don't forget that good jobs are very hard to come by these days.
婚hūn姻yīn走zǒu过guò十shí个gè年nián头tóu一yī切qiè只zhǐ是shì例lì行xíng公gōng事shì。
Ten years after the wedding, everything is just routine.

Stroke order for each character

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

年 nián · year · 6 strokes

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

头 tóu · head · 5 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 年头.

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
头发tóufahair (on the head)
少年shàoniánearly youth; youngster
里头lǐtouinside; interior
青年qīngniányouth; youthful years
青少年qīng-shàoniánadolescent; youth
周年zhōuniánanniversary; annual

Questions about 年头

What does 年头 mean?

年头 (niántóu) means "start of the year; whole year".

How do you write 年头?

年头 is made of 2 characters: 年 (6 strokes), 头 (5 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

How is 年头 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 年头 is written 年頭.