年初

niánchū

beginning of the year

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

年初他很忙。

He was busy at the beginning of the year.

年初我们去了南方。

We went south at the beginning of the year.