 | Pinyin | nián (second tone) |
| English | year | |
| Pronounced like 'nian' in the word 'Armenian' | ||
Character derived from combination of thousands of grains - the association is to a word that used to sound similar.
| èr | líng | líng | wǔ | nián | |
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| two | zero | zero | five | year | = 2005 AD |
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