年前 [－－]

Jyutping nin4 cin4
Pinyin nián qián

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. by the end of the year
  2. at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    before the turn of the year
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 五级词汇表 #529
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我弟弟没我两年前高。
    我弟弟沒我兩年前高。
    wǒ dì di méi wǒ liǎng nián qián gāo 。
    • My brother is not as tall as I was two years ago.
  2. Mandarin
    大学在20年前由他的父亲建立。
    大學在20年前由他的父親建立。
    dà xué zài 20 nián qián yóu tā de fù qīn jiàn lì 。
    • The university was founded by his father twenty years ago.
  3. Mandarin
    我8年前就结婚了。
    我8年前就結婚了。
    wǒ 8 nián qián jiù jié hūn le 。
    • I got married 8 years ago.
    • I married eight years ago.
    • I got married eight years ago.
  4. Mandarin
    三年前我来到东京并一直住在这儿。
    三年前我來到東京並一直住在這兒。
    sān nián qián wǒ lái dào dōng jīng bìng yī zhí zhù zài zhè er 。
    • I came to Tokyo three years ago and have been living here ever since.
  5. Mandarin
    John不是三年前的那个人了。
    John不是三年前的那個人了。
    john bú shi sān nián qián de nà gè rén le 。
    • John is not the man he was three years ago.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    你唔知佢两年前死咗咩？
    你唔知佢兩年前死咗咩？
    nei5 m4 zi1 keoi5 loeng5 nin4 cin4 sei2 zo2 me1 ？
    • Didn't you know that he passed away about two years ago?
  2. Cantonese
    你唔知佢两年前瓜咗老衬咩？
    你唔知佢兩年前瓜咗老襯咩？
    nei5 m4 zi1 keoi5 loeng5 nin4 cin4 gwaa1 zo2 lou5 can3 me1 ？
    • Didn't you know that he passed away two years ago?
  3. Cantonese
    我阿爸系三年前过生嘅，啫系一九七七年。
    我阿爸係三年前過生嘅，啫係一九七七年。
    ngo5 aa3 baa1 hai6 saam1 nin4 cin4 gwo3 sang1 ge3 ， ze1 hai6 jat1 gau2 cat1 cat1 nin4 。
    • My father died three years ago, that is to say in 1977.
  4. Cantonese
    佢哋喺三年前搬咗嚟呢度住。
    佢哋喺三年前搬咗嚟呢度住。
    keoi5 dei2 hai2 saam1 nin4 cin4 bun1 zo2 lai4 nei4 dou6 zyu6 。
    • They moved here three years ago.
  5. Cantonese
    我二十年前出世。
    我二十年前出世。
    ngo5 ji6 sap6 nin4 cin4 ceot1 sai3 。
    • I was born 20 years ago.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    个女人廿年前嫁入我哋条村嘅。
    個女人廿年前嫁入我哋條村嘅。
    go3 neoi5 jan2 jaa6 nin4 cin4 gaa3 jap6 ngo5 dei6 tiu4 cyun1 ge3.
    • The woman married into our village twenty years ago.
  2. Cantonese
    二十年前揾一万蚊一个月已经好巴闭㗎嚹。
    二十年前揾一萬蚊一個月已經好巴閉㗎嚹。
    ji6 sap6 nin4 cin4 wan2 jat1 maan6 man1 jat1 go3 jyut6 ji5 ging1 hou2 baa1 bai3 gaa3 laa3.
    • Earning $10,000 a month was a big deal 20 years ago.
  3. Cantonese
    你咪睇佢而家成个师奶噉款，二十年前佢好靓女㗎！
    你咪睇佢而家成個師奶噉款，二十年前佢好靚女㗎！
    • She may look like an average middle-aged woman now, but she was so pretty twenty years ago!
  4. Cantonese
    公屋申请比五年前激增三倍。
    公屋申請比五年前激增三倍。
    gung1 uk1 san1 cing2 bei2 ng5 nin4 cin4 gik1 zang1 saam1 pui5.
    • The number of applications for public housing shot up 300% from 5 years ago.
  5. Cantonese
    我哋呢条村嘅历史源远流长，可以追溯到八百年前。
    我哋呢條村嘅歷史源遠流長，可以追溯到八百年前。
    ngo5 dei6 ni1 tiu4 cyun1 ge3 lik6 si2 jyun4 jyun5 lau4 coeng4, ho2 ji5 zeoi1 sou3 dou3 baat3 baak3 nin4 cin4.
    • Our village has a long history that can be traced back to 800 years ago.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    两年前
    兩年前
    loeng5 nin4 cin4
    • two years ago
  2. Mandarin
    现在压迫子女的，有时也就是十年前的家庭革命者。
    現在壓迫子女的，有時也就是十年前的家庭革命者。
    xiàn zài yā pò zǐ nǚ de ， yǒu shí yě jiù shì shí nián qián de jiā tíng gé mìng zhě ．
    • Some of the current oppressors of children are precisely the revolutionaries of family life from ten years ago.
  3. Cantonese
    佢两年前已经死咗。
    佢两年前已经死咗。
    keoi5 loeng5 nin4 cin4 ji5 ging1 sei2 zo2.
    • He already died two years ago.
  4. Cantonese
    佢五年前做生意蚀咗廿几万。
    佢五年前做生意蚀咗廿几万。
    keoi5 ng5 nin4 cin4 zou6 saang1 ji3 sit6 zo2 jaa6 gei2 maan6.
    • X
  5. Mandarin
    20多年前，曾琦是第一个到厦门投资的港商，当时他想的就是当一个“抛砖引玉的人”，让更多的港、澳、台、侨商回国投资。
    20多年前，曾琦是第一個到廈門投資的港商，當時他想的就是當一個“拋磚引玉的人”，讓更多的港、澳、台、僑商回國投資。
    ２０ duō nián qián ， zēng qí shì dì yī ge dào xià mén tóu zī de gǎng shāng ， dāng shí tā xiǎng de jiù shì dāng yī ge “ pāo zhuān yǐn yù de rén ” ， ràng gèng duō de gǎng ， ào ， tái ， qiáo shāng huí guó tóu zī ．
    • More than 20 years ago, Zeng Qi was the first Hong Kong businessman to go to Xiamen to invest. At the time, he thought of himself as a a plain rock that attracts jade, making it possible for even more businessmen from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas to return to the motherland to invest.