Usage note
年底表示一年快结束的时候。
nián dǐ biǎo shì yì nián kuài jié shù de shí hòu。
Year-end means the time when the year is about to end.
Context note
年底常出现在计划、总结和节日里。
nián dǐ cháng chū xiàn zài jì huà 、 zǒng jié hé jié rì lǐ。
Year-end often appears in planning, summaries, and festivals.
5 examples
年底很忙。
nián dǐ hěn máng。
The end of the year is busy.
年底回家。
nián dǐ huí jiā。
Go home at the end of the year.
年底见。
nián dǐ jiàn。
See you at the end of the year.
年底要总结。
nián dǐ yào zǒng jié。
We need a summary at year-end.
年底天气冷。
nián dǐ tiān qì lěng。
The weather is cold at year-end.
5 mini stories
年底的时候，大家都开始整理一年的事情。
nián dǐ de shí hòu， dà jiā dōu kāi shǐ zhěng lǐ yì nián de shì qíng。
At the end of the year, everyone starts organizing the year’s matters.
妈妈说年底要把家里打扫干净。
mā ma shuō nián dǐ yào bǎ jiā lǐ dǎ sǎo gān jìng。
Mom said we should clean the house well at year-end.
年底很忙，但也很开心。
nián dǐ hěn máng， dàn yě hěn kāi xīn。
Year-end is busy, but also happy.
老师让我们在年底前写总结。
lǎo shī ràng wǒ men zài nián dǐ qián xiě zǒng jié。
The teacher asked us to write a summary before year-end.
年底到了，我想回老家看看。
nián dǐ dào le， wǒ xiǎng huí lǎo jiā kàn kàn。
Year-end has come, and I want to go back to my hometown and look around.
Mini dialogue
年底的计划
A
年底你有什么计划？
Nián dǐ nǐ yǒu shén me jì huà?
What plans do you have for the end of the year?
B
年底我们全家去旅行。
Nián dǐ wǒ men quán jiā qù lǚ xíng.
At the end of the year, our whole family will travel.
年底很忙
A
爸爸年底工作很忙。
Bà ba nián dǐ gōng zuò hěn máng.
Dad is very busy with work at the end of the year.
B
是的，但年底也有很多节日。
Shì de, dàn nián dǐ yě yǒu hěn duō jié rì.
Yes, but there are also many holidays at the end of the year.
Related words and contrasts
opposite
年初
nián chū
beginning of the year
the start of the year
similar
年末
nián mò
year end
another way to say end of the year