去年
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 2
去年 (qùnián) · last year
去年 (qùnián) means “last year”. It is written with 2 characters: 去 (to go) + 年 (year). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 去年 is built
The characters
去 qù · to go
What 去 is made of
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 厶sī — private
年 nián · year
What 年 is made of
- 干gàn — dry (gān)
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: A man 干 carrying grain, representing the annual harvest (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我去年来到中国。Wǒ qùnián láidào Zhōngguó.I came to China last year.
你去年在哪儿工作？Nǐ qùnián zài nǎr gōngzuò?Where did you work last year?
Questions about 去年
What does 去年 mean?
去年 (qùnián) means “last year”.
How do you pronounce 去年?
去年 is pronounced qùnián.
Which HSK level is 去年?
去年 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 2.
Related words
- 出去chūqùto go out
- 回去huíquto go back
- 进去jìnqùto go in
- 过去guòqùthe past
- 看上去kàn shangquto look
- 去世qùshìto pass away
- 上去shàngqùto go up
- 失去shīqùto lose
- 下去xiàqùto go down
- 去qùto go
Learn 去年 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 11: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.