Dictionary › 岁
岁
suì
岁 (suì) means "years old; classifier for years (of age); year". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.
What 岁 means
- classifier for years (of age)
- year
- year (of crop harvests)
Other readings
Example sentences
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万岁！Hooray!
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你几岁了How old are you?
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你几岁?How old are you?
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她八岁。She is eight.
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她五岁。She's five.
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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
Where 岁 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Measure Words, Money and Age (HSK 1), HSK 1 Characters · Set 19 (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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