他年近四十。

He is near forty.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=2 年 Nián surname Nian
=2 年 nián year

classifier: 個
=2 年 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 nián
3 近 jìn
  1. near
  2. close to
  3. approximately
4 四十 sìshí
  1. forty
  2. 40