年头

年頭

niántóu

noun #7,608

Meanings

1 years (a period of time)
2 beginning of a year
3 times; era

Characters

head; beginning

Examples

这辆车开了好几个年头了。

Zhè liàng chē kāi le hǎojǐ gè niántóu le.

This car has been driven for quite a few years.

年头不好，生意很难做。

Niántóu bùhǎo, shēngyi hěn nán zuò.

Times are tough; business is hard to do.

他在这家公司干了十几个年头。

Tā zài zhè jiā gōngsī gàn le shíjǐ gè niántóu.

He has worked at this company for more than ten years.

Tips

usage

年头 has two main uses: (1) a period of years, often with a sense of accumulation (好几个年头), and (2) the times/era (这个年头 = these days). It's more colloquial than 年份.

Stroke Order

年 nián

头 tóu