HSK 6 · Time

周年 zhōunián “anniversary” in Chinese

Traditional 週年

What 周年 means

  1. anniversary
  2. annual

How to say 周年

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale周zhōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale年nián2nd tone, rising

周年 in a sentence

  1. 周年纪念很重要。

    Zhōunián jìniàn hěn zhòngyào.

    Anniversaries are important.

    Sentence #6585429 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 汤姆从没忘记在婚礼周年纪念日送给他妻子花。

    Tāngmǔ cóngméi wàngjì zài hūnlǐ zhōunián jìniànrì sònggěi tā qīzi huā.

    Tom never forgets to give his wife flowers on their wedding anniversary.

    Sentence #5856791 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 周年 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.

The character 周 (zhōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
周zhōuto make a circuit
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 口mouth · kǒu
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.

How to write 周年

周 8 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.

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

Words related to 周年

Words with 周

周zhōu · week周末zhōumò · weekend周围zhōuwéi · environs周到zhōudào · thoughtful周期zhōuqī · cycle周边zhōubiān · surrounding周密zhōumì · thorough周转zhōuzhuǎn · turnover周折zhōuzhé · twists and turns众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī · as everyone knows

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: Time & Sequence

预先yùxiān · in advance暂且zànqiě · for the time being正月zhēngyuè · first month of the lunar year终身zhōngshēn · lifelong周期zhōuqī · cycle昼夜zhòuyè · day and night逐年zhúnián · year after year作息zuòxī · work and rest

FAQs

周年 (zhōunián) means “anniversary” or “annual”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhōunián: zhōu with a 1st 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 周年 is written 週年. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhounian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 周年 from the suggestions. Typing zhounian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
周年 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.