今年 (jīn nián) means “this year” | MotiTan Chinese Dictionary

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我今年要学汉语。wǒ jīn nián yào xué hàn yǔ

I will study Chinese this year.

The full year that contains the present moment.

去年qù nián: The calendar year before the one in progress now.
明年míng nián: The calendar year after the one in progress now.

用于表示发生在现在这段时间内的事情所属的年份，即现在这一年。yòng yú biǎo shì fā shēng zài xiàn zài zhè duàn shí jiān nèi de shì qíng suó shǔ de nián fèn jí xiàn zài zhè yì nián

今 (jīn, "now") + 年 (nián, "year") joins the present with a complete yearly period.

Chinese commonly includes 今年 (jīnnián, "this year") when asking about a person's age, while natural English usually asks about age without naming the current year.