| 年载 | nian2 zai3 | years |
| 忘年交 | wang4 nian2 jiao1 | friends across the years |
| 旬年 | xun2 nian2 | ten years |
| 最近一年 | zui4 jin4 yi1 nian2 | the last year |
| 未来数年 | wei4 lai2 shu4 nian2 | the coming years |
| 猪年 | zhu1 nian2 | Year of the Boar (e.g. 2007) |
| 猴年马月 | hou2 nian2 ma3 yue4 | long time off |
| 百年不遇 | bai3 nian2 bu4 yu4 | only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc) |
| 舜日尧年 | shun4 ri4 yao2 nian2 | sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom) |
| 若干年 | ruo4 gan1 nian2 | several years |
| 要不了几年 | yao4 bu4 le5 ji3 nian2 | will not take a few years |
| 躲年 | duo3 nian2 | to dodge a creditor |
| 马年 | ma3 nian2 | Year of the Horse (e.g. 2002) |