HSK 4 · Family

年龄 niánlíng “(a person’s) age” in Chinese

Traditional 年齡

What 年龄 means

  1. (a person’s) age

Measure word 把 bǎ or 个 gè · 一把年龄 yì bǎ niánlíng

How to say 年龄

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale年nián2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale龄líng2nd tone, rising

年龄 in a sentence

  1. 你能猜到我的年龄吗？

    Nǐ néng cāi dào wǒ de niánlíng ma?

    Can you guess my age?

    Sentence #333677 from Tatoeba

  2. 我的妹妹还没到上学的年龄。

    Wǒ de mèimei hái méi dào shàngxué de niánlíng.

    My little sister isn’t old enough to start school yet.

    Sentence #564565 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 您这个年龄的人经常有这个问题。

    Nín zhè ge niánlíng de rén jīngcháng yǒu zhè ge wèntí.

    People your age often have this problem.

    Sentence #335489 from Tatoeba

How 年龄 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 年 (nián) drawn as one shape
年niányear

年 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA person carrying ripe grain: one harvest, one year.

The character 龄 (líng) with each of its parts in a different colour
龄língage
  • 齿teeth · chǐMeaning part
  • 令command · língSound part

齿 hints at the meaning (teeth); 令 (líng) hints at the sound. Compare it with líng.

How to write 年龄

年 6 strokes · 龄 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

年龄 (niánlíng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 年龄 (niánlíng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 年龄

Words with 年

年nián · year今年jīnnián · this year明年míngnián · next year去年qùnián · last year过年guònián · to celebrate the Chinese New Year年轻niánqīng · young年级niánjí · grade新年xīnnián · New Year前年qiánnián · the year before last后年hòunián · the year after next

More words: People, Body & Health

儿童értóng · child房东fángdōng · landlord父亲fùqīn · father母亲mǔqīn · mother亲戚qīnqi · a relative (i.e. family relation)孙子sūnzi · grandson小伙子xiǎohuǒzi · young man友谊yǒuyì · companionship

FAQs

年龄 (niánlíng) means “(a person’s) age”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it niánlíng: nián with a 2nd tone, then líng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 年龄 is written 年齡. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 把 (bǎ) or 个 (gè). For example, one (a person’s) age is 一把年龄 (yì bǎ niánlíng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nianling with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 年龄 from the suggestions. Typing nianling into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
年龄 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.