岁 [歲] - classifier for years (of age), year, year (of crop harvests) - suì | Definition | ChinesePod.com

岁 (歲)

suì

Pinyin

Definition

岁 (歲)

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suì

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

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

guì

1 minnow

huì

1 dirt
2 filth

huì

1 of flourishing appearance
2 sound of a bicycle bell

Related Words (20)

suì

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

suì yuè

1 years
2 time

shǒu suì

1 to see in the New Year
2 to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve

suì mò

1 end of the year

hè suì

1 to extend New Year's greetings
2 to pay a New Year's visit

Idioms (4)

日久岁深

rì jiǔ suì shēn

1 to last for an eternity (idiom)

岁不我与

suì bù wǒ yǔ

1 Time and tide wait for no man (idiom)

岁月如梭

suì yuè rú suō

1 time flies (idiom)

岁月流逝

suì yuè liú shì

1 as time goes by (idiom)

Sample Sentences

不管你几岁，你可能六十岁，九十岁，你都在学习新的东西。

bùguǎn nǐ jǐsuì ，nǐ kěnéng liùshí suì ，jiǔshí suì ，nǐ dōu zài xuéxí Xīn de dōngxi 。

No matter how old you are, you can be sixty or ninety years old, but you'll still be learning something new.

我一百七十八岁。一八四一年出生。一八四一年五月八号。

wǒ yī bǎi qī shí bā suì 。yī bā sì yī nián chūshēng 。yī bā sì yī nián Wǔyuè bā hào 。

I am 178 years old. (I was) born in 1841. May 8th, 1841.

树爷爷，请问，您几岁？

shù yéye ，qǐngwèn ，nín jǐ suì ？

Grandpa Tree. May I ask you how old are you?

我二十二岁。一九九七年出生。一九九七年七月二十号。

wǒ èr shí èr suì 。yī jiǔ jiǔ qī nián chūshēng 。yī jiǔ jiǔ qī nián Qīyuè èrshí hào 。

I am 22 years old. (I was) born in 1997. July 20th, 1997.

妳呢？妳几岁？

nǐ ne ？nǐ jǐ suì ？

And you? How old are you?

光阴似箭、岁月如梭，而欢乐的时光呀，更如那白驹过隙般，一跃而去。

guāngyīnsìjiàn 、suìyuèrúsuō ，ér huānlè de shíguāng ya ，gèng rú nà báijūguòxì bān ，yī yuè ér qù 。

Time flies, and good times are really fleeting, over in the blink of an eye.

据我所知，泰国发生过一个案例，当时是一对澳洲夫妇透过泰国中介机构安排，委托一名叫派塔拉蒙的二十一岁泰国女性代孕，怀孕初期发现派塔拉蒙所怀的双胞胎中，一个患有唐氏症。

jùwǒsuǒzhī ，Tàiguó fāshēng guò yī gè ànlì ，dāngshí shì yīduì Àozhōu fūfù tòuguò Tàiguó zhōngjiè jīgòu ānpái ，wěituō yī míng jiào Pàitǎlāméng de èrshíyī suì Tàiguó nǚxìng dàiyùn ，huáiyùn chūqī fāxiàn Pàitǎlāméng suǒ huái de shuāngbāotāi zhōng ，yī gè huàn yǒu tángshìzhèng 。

As far as I'm aware, a case happened in Thailand. At that time an Australian couple arranged through an intermediary organization for a 21-year-old Thai woman called Pattaramon Janbua to act as their surrogate. Early in the pregnancy it was discovered that of the two twins in Pattaramon's womb, one had Down syndrome.

啧啧，难怪你现在已经是国家公务人员了，确实有思想觉悟。不过你这么一说，还真是让我重温了当时懵懂却快乐的岁月。

zézé ，nánguài nǐ xiànzài yǐjīng shì guójiā gōngwùrényuán le ，quèshí yǒu sīxiǎng juéwù 。bùguò nǐ zhème yī shuō ，hái zhēn shì ràng wǒ chóngwēn le dāngshí méngdǒng què kuàilè de suìyuè 。

Tsk, tsk, no wonder you've become a civil servant, you really are enlightened. However, now that you say that, it really brings back those fuzzy but happy days.

啧啧啧，刚刚在外面看到广告，说保护视力要从六岁开始，太夸张了吧。

zé zé zé ，gānggang zài wàimiàn kàndào guǎnggào ，shuō bǎohù shìlì yào cóng liù suì kāishǐ ，tài kuāzhāng le ba 。

Hey, I just saw an advertisement outside, stating to protect one’s eyesight from the age of six. This is an exaggeration.

不要怪东怪西了。你都几岁的人了？

bùyào guàidōngguàixī le 。nǐ dōu jǐsuì de rén le ？

Don't blame everything on others. How old do you think you are?