岁 suì▶ years old (age)

Example sentences

• 我儿子五岁。Wǒ érzi wǔ suì.My son is five years old.
• 你女儿几岁了？Nǐ nǚ'ér jǐ suì le?How old is your daughter?

HSK 1HSK 3.0 · Level 1

Traditional

歲

HSK 1 — the first of the six levels: 150 words. You can greet people, say who you are and ask simple questions. In HSK 3.0, 岁 is in band 1. HSK 1 explained

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This is the counting word for age.

中岁。

You use it like this.

中我儿子五岁。

My son is five years old. Want to try it out loud?

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Stroke order

岁 is written in 6 strokes.

• 岁

Senses

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

Related words

• 岁月years
• 压岁钱lucky money, New Year gift money

岁 is pronounced suì and means “years old (age)”.