Chinese symbol for “annual”
一年一度
yī nián yī dù
(idiom) annual; once a year
The closest CC-CEDICT match for annual is 一年一度 (yī nián yī dù), defined as: (idiom) annual; once a year.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “annual”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 年刊 | nián kān | an annual; a yearbook |
| 年度 | nián dù | year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual |
| 周年 (週年) | zhōu nián | anniversary; annual |
| 一年生 | yī nián shēng | (botany) (of a plant) annual |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 一年一度.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一个 (一個) | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 一样 (一樣) | yī yàng | same; like |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution |
See also: Japanese symbol for “annual”.
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