Hanzi
Traditional
歲
Simplified
岁

classifier for years (of age)/year/year (of crop harvests)

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 1

Pinyin

suì

Bopomofo

ㄙㄨㄟˋ

Jyutping

seoi3

Example sentences

歲 / 岁 suì
我爺爺已經八十歲了。
我爷爷已经八十岁了。

My grandfather is already eighty years old.

六 liù
我女兒今年六歲。
我女儿今年六岁。

My daughter is six years old this year.

歲月 / 岁月 suìyuè
歲月在他的臉上留下了痕跡。
岁月在他的脸上留下了痕迹。

The years have left their marks on his face.

容顏 / 容颜 róngyán
歲月在他的容顏上留下了痕跡。
岁月在他的容颜上留下了痕迹。

Time has left marks on his face.

Example Vocabulary

歲

sui4

year (of age)

歲月

sui4'yue4

years; time

守歲

shou3'sui4

賀歲

he4'sui4

周歲

zhou1'sui4

壓歲錢

ya1'sui4'qian2

太歲

tai4'sui4

實歲

shi2'sui4

年歲

nian2'sui4

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