The number of students learning Chinese grows year by year.
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How 逐年 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.
逐zhúto pursue; to chase; to drive away
豕pig · shǐSound part
辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part
辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 豕 (shǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhú.
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.
How to write 逐年
逐 10 strokes · 年 6 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 逐年 (zhúnián). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
逐年 (zhúnián) means “year after year” or “year by year”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhúnián: zhú with a 2nd tone, then nián with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 逐年 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhunian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 逐年 from the suggestions. Typing zhunian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
逐年 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.
逐zhú2nd tone, rising
