歲 (suì)
year (of age); years old
How 歲 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 止 — stop
- Traditional
- 歲
- Simplified
- 岁
Common words using 歲
- 歲月 suìyuè
- years; passing of time
- 守歲 shǒusuì
- to see in the New Year
- 賀歲 hèsuì
- to extend New Year's greetings; to pay a New Year's visit
- 周歲 zhōusuì
- one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)
- 壓歲錢 yāsuìqián
- money given to children as new year present
- 太歲 tàisuì
- Taisu, God of the year; archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 Xing1]; nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area
- 實歲 shísuì
- method of calculating a person's age in years from birth; see also 虛歲|虚岁[xu1 sui4]; see also 足歲|足岁[zu2 sui4]
- 年歲 niánsuì
- years of age; age
- 幾歲 jǐsuì
- some years; How many years?; How old are you? (familiar, or to child, equivalent to 多大 for older person)
- 早歲 zǎosuì
- early years; adolescence
- 歲入 suìrù
- revenue; annual income
- 歲差 suìchà
- the precession of the equinoxes
歲 in a sentence
我弟弟今年五歲。
Wǒ dìdi jīnnián wǔ suì.
“My younger brother is five years old this year.”
How common is 歲?
歲 is the 771st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 84.6% of all running text.
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