zǎo nián

HSK 7–9

早年 (zǎo nián) is a Chinese word meaning “many years ago; in the past; in one's early years”.

Meanings

  1. 1many years ago; in the past
  2. 2in one's early years
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 早年

早zǎo · early年nián · year

Related words

年year年grain年surname Nian早early早上early morning年轻young去年last year今年this year年代a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)年轻人young people早就already at an earlier time年级grade

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