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岁数

suì shu

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 歲數

岁数 (suì shu) means "age (number of years old)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 岁数 means

1. age (number of years old)

The characters in 岁数

• 岁suìclassifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few

Example sentences

• 你多大岁数了？
  Nǐ duōdà suìshu le?
  How old are you?
• 他岁数和你差不多。
  Tā suìshu hé nǐ chàbuduō.
  He's about the same age as you.
• 您父母多大岁数了？
  How old are your parents?
• 跟着岁数增长他变得比以前倔。
  Gēnzhe suìshu zēngzhǎng tā biànde bǐ yǐqián jué.
  As he grew older, he became more obstinate.
• Tatoeba：我们这里有的句子比您岁数还大。
  Tatoeba: We've got sentences older than you.

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