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岁

suì

Traditional: 嵗

classifier for years (of age)

HSK 1

Meaning of 岁 in English

suìHSK 1measure wordSyllabus #199
  1. classifier for years (of age)
  2. years old
  3. year
  4. year (of crop harvests)
  5. variant of 歲|岁[sui4], year

Example sentences

  1. 她不可能超过30岁了。
    tā bù kě néng chāo guò 30 suì le。
    She cannot be over thirty.
    Tatoeba #465875 by fucongcong · #307970 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 她的祖母活到了88岁。
    tā de zǔ mǔ huó dào le 88 suì。
    Her grandmother lived to be 88 years old.
    Tatoeba #472811 by fucongcong · #1495364 by weihaiping · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 他应该40岁左右吧。
    tā yīng gāi 40 suì zuǒ yòu ba。
    He must be about forty.
    Tatoeba #410833 by fucongcong · #288559 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences