- 年头儿 niántóur yearA period of a year, not necessarily a full calendar year.
- 年头岁首 niántóusuìshǒu beginning of the yearat the turn of the year; the beginning of the year
- 有年头 yǒuniántou for ageshaving existed for a long time; for donkey's years
- 这年头 zhèniántou nowadayscolloquial term for the current times; these days