ming4 nin4明年
Jyutpingming4 nin4
Yalemìhng nìhn
Definition
Next year; the following year.
neutraltime
How it's used
Refers specifically to the year immediately following the current one. Unlike some other time markers, it is used exactly as it appears in written Chinese, though it is pronounced with Cantonese phonology. It functions as a temporal adverbial and is typically placed at the beginning of a sentence or immediately after the subject.
Examples
I plan to go traveling next year.
Will you be coming back to Hong Kong next year?
Related words
Common phrases
this day next year
Grammar color guide
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
