明年 (míng nián)

Character breakdown

• 明 (Míng) · 8 strokes

  The character was originally depicted moonlight (月) shining through a window (囧). The 囧 component was later reanalyzed as 日 (sun).

• 年 (Nián) · 6 strokes

  Pictograph of a person (人) harvesting grain (禾). The harvest season is a yearly event.

Example sentences

1. 我明年17岁。 — I'll be seventeen next year.
2. 明年我回澳门。 — Next year I will return to Macao.
3. 我明年回澳门。 — Next year I will return to Macao.
4. 我明年十七岁。 — I'll be seventeen next year.
5. 我明年想学汉语. — I want to learn Chinese next year.

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