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How to Say ‘There are ten days of annual leave a year.’ in Simplified Chinese

一年有十天年假。

yī nián yǒu shí tiān nián jià

[yi nián yoe shí tiān niánjià]

Phrase Breakdown

一年

yī nián

a year / per year

一年 (yì nián) means 'one year'. 一 changes to a falling tone (yì) before a rising tone.

Example

一年有十二个月。

A year has twelve months.

Words in this phrase

一

yī

[yi]

one

The first and smallest number in decimal numerals.

Example

她只说了一句话。

She only said one sentence.

年

nián

[nián]

year

A period of 365 or 366 days.

Example

他出生于1980年。

He was born in the year 1980.

有十天年假。

yǒu shí tiān nián jià

there are ten days of annual leave

有 means 'there is' or 'have'. 十天年假 means 'ten days of annual leave'.

Example

我们公司有十天年假。

Our company gives ten days of annual leave.

Words in this phrase

有

yǒu

[yoe]

have; there is

A common verb meaning to possess something or indicating existence.

Example

听完介绍以后，我有兴趣了解更多。

After hearing the introduction, I am interested in learning more.

十

shí

[shí]

ten

The number 10.

Example

我们一共十个人。

There are ten of us in total.

天

tiān

[tiān]

day

A day; used with 那 to mean 'that day'.

Example

那天我很忙。

I was very busy that day.

年假

nián jià

[niánjià]

annual leave

Yearly paid vacation days from work.

Example

我的年假用完了。

I've used up my annual leave.

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