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岁

suì

HSK 1 Character Traditional 歲

What 岁 means

1. classifier for years (of age)
2. year
3. year (of crop harvests)

Other readings

岁 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• suìvariant of {岁|suì}, year; years old

Example sentences

• 万岁！
  Hooray!
• 你几岁了
  How old are you?
• 你几岁?
  How old are you?
• 她八岁。
  She is eight.
• 她五岁。
  She's five.
• 法国万岁。
  Fǎguó wànsuì.
  Long live France.

Words starting with 岁

• 岁月suì yuèyears; time
• 岁数suì shuage (number of years old)
• 岁末suì mòend of the year
• 岁修suì xiūannual repairs and maintenance
• 岁入suì rùannual revenue; annual income
• 岁出suì chūannual expenditure
• 岁初suì chū(literary) beginning of the year
• 岁差suì chā(astronomy) precession
• 岁序suì xùsuccession of seasons
• 岁时suì shíseason; time of the year
• 岁计suì jìannual budget
• 岁首suì shǒustart of the year
• 岁不我与suì bù wǒ yǔTime and tide wait for no man (idiom)
• 岁月如流suì yuè rú liúthe passage of the years; the flow of time
• 岁岁平安suì suì píng ānMay you have peace year after year (New Year's greeting)
• 岁静suì jìng(neologism; slang) person who willfully ignores societal problems while maintaining a…
• 岁月流逝suì yuè liú shìas time goes by (idiom)
• 岁月如梭suì yuè rú suōtime flies (idiom)
• 岁暮suì mùend of the year
• 岁阑suì lánlate season of a year
• 岁计余绌suì jì yú chùannual budgetary surplus or deficit (accountancy)
• 岁俸suì fèngannual salary
• 岁月峥嵘suì yuè zhēng róngeventful years; momentous times

Words containing 岁

• 压岁钱yā suì qiánmoney given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
• 万岁wàn suìLong live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty
• 周岁zhōu suìone full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)
• 年岁nián suìyears of age; age
• 贺岁hè suìto extend New Year's greetings; to pay a New Year's visit
• 太岁Tài suìTai Sui, God of the year; archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星…
• 今岁jīn suì(literary) this year
• 去岁qù suìlast year
• 同岁tóng suìto be the same age
• 守岁shǒu suìto see in the New Year; to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
• 实岁shí suìone's age (calculated as years from birth); contrasted with 虚岁
• 几岁jǐ suìhow old are you? (familiar, or to a child)
• 往岁wǎng suìin former years; in olden days
• 早岁zǎo suìone's early years
• 足岁zú suìone's age (calculated as years from birth); contrasted with 虚岁
• 安太岁ān Tài suìto propitiate the god of the current year, Tai Sui 太岁
• 日久岁深rì jiǔ suì shēn(idiom) for a long period of time; for a number of years
• 恶岁è suìlean year; year of bad harvest
• 虚岁xū suìone's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning…
• 旬岁xún suìfull year; first birthday
• 嗣岁sì suìthe following year; next year
• 卒岁zú suì(literary) to get through the year; entire year; throughout the year
• 暮岁mù suìthe last days of the year; old age
• 绮岁qǐ suìyouthful age

Characters that look like 岁

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd
• 安ān(bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health
• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed
• 芽yábud; sprout
• 岌jílofty peak; perilous
• 矣yǐclassical final particle, similar to modern 了

Sounds the same

Read suì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 碎(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken…
• 隧tunnel; underground passage
• 遂to satisfy; to succeed; then
• 穗ear of grain; tassel; fringe
• 祟evil spirit
• 邃deep; distant; mysterious
• 燧(bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's…
• 谇abuse
• 繐fine and loose cloth; tassel
• 襚grave-clothes
• 睟bright eye; clear
• 璲pendant girdle-ornaments