HSK 6 · Time

年度 niándù “year (e.g. financial year)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 年度 means

  1. year (e.g. financial year)
  2. annual
  3. year (e.g. school year, fiscal year)

How to say 年度

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale度dù4th tone, falling

年度 in a sentence

  1. 这是我们公司的年度报告。

    Zhè shì wǒmen gōngsī de niándù bàogào.

    This is our company’s annual report.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他被评为年度最佳员工。

    Tā bèi píngwéi niándù zuìjiā yuángōng.

    He was named employee of the year.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 年度 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 度 (du) with each of its parts in a different colour
度dùto pass
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 廿twenty · niàn
  • 又again · yòu

How to write 年度

年 6 strokes · 度 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 年度

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

Words with 度

态度tàidu · attitude温度wēndù · temperature速度sùdù · speed度dù · degree度过dùguò · to pass制度zhìdù · system (of rules)程度chéngdù · degree角度jiǎodù · angle季度jìdù · quarter (of a year)一度yídù · once

More words: Time & Sequence

黎明límíng · dawn凌晨língchén · early morning屡次lǚcì · repeatedly漫长màncháng · very long农历nónglì · lunar calendar片刻piànkè · a moment起初qǐchū · at first迄今为止qìjīnwéizhǐ · so far

FAQs

年度 (niándù) means “year (e.g. financial year)” or “annual”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it niándù: nián with a 2nd tone, then dù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 年度 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type niandu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 年度 from the suggestions. Typing niandu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
年度 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.