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岁

suì · sui

Traditional 歲 / 嵗

HSK 1

Meaning

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suì 歲

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

suì 嵗

  1. variant of 歲 / 岁 (suì), year
  2. years old
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How old is grandma?

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)猜(cāi)我(wǒ)外婆(wàipó)今年(jīnnián)多大(duōdà)？

    Guess how old my grandmother is this year.

  2. Dengdeng

    七十(qīshí)岁(suì)？

    Seventy?

  3. Liangliang

    不对(bùduì)，再(zài)猜(cāi)。

    No. Guess again.

  4. Dengdeng

    八十(bāshí)岁(suì)？

    Eighty?

  5. Liangliang

    她(tā)说(shuō)自己(zìjǐ)永远(yǒngyuǎn)二十(èrshí)岁(suì)。

    She says she is always twenty.

  6. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，那(nà)我们(wǒmen)也(yě)永远(yǒngyuǎn)二十(èrshí)岁(suì)。

    Good, then we will always be twenty too.

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01

上(shàng)个(gè)月(yuè)，我(wǒ)们(men)20岁(suì)的(de)女(nǚ)儿(ér)生(shēng)了(le)个(gè)女(nǚ)孩(hái)。

Last month our twenty-year-old daughter gave birth to a baby girl.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)妻(qī)子(zi)34岁(suì)了(le)，她(tā)是(shì)个(gè)可(kě)爱(ài)的(de)人(rén)。

My wife's 34 and she's a lovely person.

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by Ricardo14 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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