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岁
歲
suì
1. classifier for years (of age)
2. year
3. year (of crop harvests)
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

岁
suì
year; years old, age; harvest
HSK 1 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

周岁
zhōusuì
one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)
今岁
jīnsuì
(literary) this year
去岁
qùsuì
last year
岁暮
suìmù
end of the year
岁月
suìyuè
years
HSK 6
岁末
suìmò
end of the year
岁计
suìjì
annual budget
岁阑
suìlán
late season of a year
岁首
suìshǒu
start of the year
绮岁
qǐsuì
youthful age
万岁
wànsuì
Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!
虚岁
xūsuì
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived). In this system, a person's age is one year at birth, and increases by one year at the beginning of the first solar term [[立春<Lìchūn>]] each year, rather than on one's birthday.
贺岁
hèsuì
to extend New Year's greetings
足岁
zúsuì
method of calculating a person's age in years from birth
嗣岁
sìsuì
the following year
太岁
Tàisuì
Tai Sui, God of the year
守岁
shǒusuì
to see in the New Year
实岁
shísuì
method of calculating a person's age in years from birth
年岁
niánsuì
years of age
几岁
jǐsuì
some years

Example Sentences (9)

二十多岁。
Èrshí duō suì.
In their twenties.
Text 3
我第一次跳舞是在七岁的时候。
Wǒ dì yī cì tiàowǔ shì zài qī suì de shíhou.
I danced for the first time when I was seven years old.
Text 2
她去年秋天出生的，刚过完一岁生日。
Tā qùnián qiūtiān chūshēng de, gāng guò wán yí suì shēngrì.
She was born last fall and just had her first birthday.
Text 3
我女儿今年也七岁了。我希望她能跟您学跳舞，可以吗？
wǒ nǚ'ér jīnnián yě qī suì le.wǒ xīwàng tā néng gēn nín xué tiàowǔ,kěyǐ ma?
My daughter is also seven years old this year. I hope she can learn to dance from you. Is that okay?
Text 2
二十五岁，他比我大三岁。
Èrshíwǔ suì,tā bǐ wǒ dà sān suì.
At twenty-five, he is three years older than me.
Text 2
我比马可大两岁。
Wǒ bǐ Mǎ kě dà liǎng suì.
I am two years older than Marco.
Text 1
我十一岁的时候开始踢足球，已经踢了十年了。
Wǒ shíyī suì de shíhòu kāishǐ tī zúqiú, yǐjīng tī le shí nián le.
I started playing soccer when I was eleven years old, and I have been playing for ten years.
Text 3
她比我们老师小两岁。
Tā bǐ wǒmen lǎoshī xiǎo liǎng suì.
She is two years younger than our teacher.
Text 4
二十五岁，他比我大三岁。
Èrshíwǔ suì,tā bǐ wǒ dà sān suì.
At twenty-five, he is three years older than me.
Text 2

Alternate Entries

岁
suì
variant of [[歲|岁<suì>]], year / years old
HSK 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
771
Word Frequency Rank
1,015 of 84,292