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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 年前

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
年前 nián qián - by the end of the year
- at the end of the year; shortly before New Year

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 29,574 5,808 4,383

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
nián- surname Nian
nián- year
- CL:個|个[ge4]
nián- grain
- harvest (old)
- variant of 年[nian2]
qián- front
- forward
- ahead
- first
- top (followed by a number)
- future
- ago
- before
- BC (e.g. 前293年)
- former
- formerly

Other Words Containing 年前

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
年前 - 5 29,574 5,808 4,383