虚岁 (虛歲)
xū suì
Pinyin

Definition

虚岁 (虛歲)
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xū suì
  1. one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived). In this system, a person's age is one year at birth, and increases by one year at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Lì chūn] each year, rather than on one's birthday.
  2. as opposed to 足歲|足岁[zú suì]
  3. see also 實歲|实岁[shí suì]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

岁
suì
  1. 1 classifier for years (of age)
  2. 2 year
  3. 3 year (of crop harvests)
岁月
suì yuè
  1. 1 years
  2. 2 time
贺岁
hè suì
  1. 1 to extend New Year's greetings
  2. 2 to pay a New Year's visit
压岁钱
yā suì qián
  1. 1 money given to children as new year present
守岁
shǒu suì
  1. 1 to see in the New Year
  2. 2 to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve

Idioms (20)

乘虚而入
chéng xū ér rù
  1. 1 to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse
以虚带实
yǐ xū dài shí
  1. 1 to let correct ideology guide practical work (idiom)
做贼心虚
zuò zéi xīn xū
  1. 1 to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
名不虚传
míng bù xū chuán
  1. 1 lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation
  2. 2 enjoys a well-deserved reputation
向壁虚构
xiàng bì xū gòu
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication

Sample Sentences

虚岁就是，你出生的时候是一岁，然后每年春节，就再加一岁。
xūsuì jiùshì ，nǐ chūshēng de shíhou shì yī suì ，ránhòu měinián chūnjié ，jiù zài jiā yī suì 。
Nominal age is like this: when you're born you are one year old, then every year at Spring Festival you add a year.
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因为虚岁一般要比你的实际年龄要大一些。
yīnwèi xūsuì yībān yào bǐ nǐ de shíjì niánlíng yào dà yīxiē 。
Because your nominal age is usually a bit older than your real age.
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对于中国人来说，有两个。一个是周岁，一个是虚岁。
duìyú Zhōngguórén láishuō ，yǒu liǎng gè 。yī gè shì zhōusuì ，yī gè shì xūsuì 。
According to Chinese people, there are two ways. One is your real age and one is your nominal age.
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