| 过年 | guò nián | to celebrate the Chinese New Year |
| 多年生 | duō nián shēng | perennial (of plants) |
| 年终 | nián zhōng | end of the year |
| 年号 | nián hào | era name (subdivision in the reign of an emperor) |
| 童年 | tóng nián | childhood |
| 成年人 | chéng nián rén | adult person |
| 长年 | cháng nián | all the year round |
| 年下 | nián xià | lunar new year |
| 有年 | yǒu nián | for years |
| 来年 | lái nián | next year; the coming year |
| 年度 | nián dù | year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual |
| 壮年 | zhuàng nián | lit. robust years; prime of life; summer; able-bodied (fit for military service); mature (talent, garden etc) |
| 一年四季 | yī nián sì jì | four seasons of the year |
| 纪年 | jì nián | calendar era |
| 学年 | xué nián | academic year |
| 年会 | nián huì | annual meeting |
| 年历 | nián lì | calendar; diary |
| 年谱 | nián pǔ | chronicle (of sb's life) |
| 后年 | hòu nián | the year after next |
| 年岁 | nián suì | years of age; age |
| 年关 | nián guān | end of the year |
| 年少 | nián shào | young; junior |
| 本年度 | běn nián dù | this year; the current year |
| 青少年 | qīng shào nián | an adolescent; a youth; young person; teenage; teenager |
| 年表 | nián biǎo | timeline; chronology; annals; financial year; year |
| 二年生 | èr nián shēng | biennial (botany) |
| 青年人 | qīng nián rén | youth as a group |
| 高年 | gāo nián | old; aged |
| 永年 | Yǒng nián | Yongnian county in Handan 邯郸, Hebei |
| 丰年 | fēng nián | prosperous year; year with bumper harvest |
| 年富力强 | nián fù lì qiáng | young and vigorous (idiom) |
| 拜年 | bài nián | pay a New Year call; wish sb a Happy New Year |
| 年迈 | nián mài | old; aged |
| 年事 | nián shì | years of age; age |
| 财政年度 | cái zhèng nián dù | financial year; fiscal year (e.g. from April to March, for tax purposes) |
| 年长 | nián zhǎng | senior |
| 年头儿 | nián tóur | erhua variant of 年头, year; start of the year; whole year; a particular year; many years' duration; epoch; a year's harvest; prospects for a year |
| 逢年过节 | féng nián guò jié | at the Chinese New Year or other festivities |
| 年华 | nián huá | years; time; age |
| 中青年 | zhōng qīng nián | middle-aged |
| 近年 | jìn nián | recent year(s) |
| 一九四九年 | yī jiǔ sì jiǔ nián | 1949; year of the communist victory in China, the foundation of the PRC and of ROC in Taiwan |
| 一年半 | yī nián bàn | a year and a half |
| 一年多 | yī nián duō | more than a year |
| 一年期 | yī nián qī | one year period (in a contract or budget) |
| 一年生 | yī nián shēng | annual (botany) |
一年被蛇咬十年怕
井绳 | yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng | bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy |
一朝被蛇咬，
十年怕井绳 | yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo ,
shí nián pà jǐng shéng | once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope; once bitten, twice shy (idiom) |
| 一百五十多年 | yī bǎi wǔ shí duō nián | more than 150 years |
| 七十年代 | qī shí nián dài | the seventies; the 1970s |
