HSK 1 · Days & dates

去年

qù nián

last year

Stroke order of 去年

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

去 · 5 strokes 年 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

The "年" year that has "去" gone away: last year.

Parts: 去 to go; past + 年 year

The characters in 去年

去 qù — to go (5 strokes)
年 nián — year (6 strokes)

Example sentence

我去年去了北京。

I went to Beijing last year.

Words with 去

去to go 出去to go out 进去to go in 回去to go back 过去the past; to go over 上去to go up 下去to go down; to go on 去世to pass away 看上去to look; it seems 失去to lose

Words with 年

年year 今年this year 明年next year 新年New Year 半年half a year 青年youth; young people 少年teenager; juvenile 青少年teenagers; young people 老年old age; elderly 中年middle age 年轻young 周年anniversary 前年the year before last 全年the whole year 年级grade; year (in school)过年to celebrate the New Year 年代decade; era 年初beginning of the year

More words: Days & dates

今天today 明天tomorrow 昨天yesterday 后天day after tomorrow 前天day before yesterday 天day; sky 日day (of the month); sun 号day of month; number 月month; moon 年year 今年this year 明年next year 星期week 星期日Sunday 星期天Sunday 新年New Year 生日birthday

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