今年
Meaning
- this year
Example sentence
今年夏天很冷。
Summer is cold this year.
Characters in 今年
- 今 jīn now, the present; today
- 年 nián grain
今 present or now plus 年 year. The same 今 opens 今天 and 今晚, and 年 needs no measure word — 三年 is three years, not 三个年.
今年夏天很冷。
Summer is cold this year.
今 present or now plus 年 year. The same 今 opens 今天 and 今晚, and 年 needs no measure word — 三年 is three years, not 三个年.