虎年 (hǔnián) Year of The Tiger (Intermediate) 05/02/2010 / #ChineseForIntermediateLearners, #ChineseVocabulary, #YearoftheTiger 虎年 (hǔnián) Year of The Tiger (Intermediate) The character “虎 (hǔ)” means tiger and “年 (nián)” means year. Example: 虎年里,祝大家万事如意! Hǔnián lǐ, zhù dàjiā wànshìrúyì! Wish every thing goes well with you in the year of the tiger.