歲 (seoi3) — year; age (of a person) in Cantonese
seoi˗₃歲简 岁
Mandarin Pinyin: sui4
Meaning of 歲
nounyear; age (of a person)
nounharvest
Example Sentences with 歲
當天應該得七歲。
That day, I think I was only seven.
我今年八歲。
I'm eight this year.
漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.
中華人民共和國萬歲，萬萬歲！
Long live the People's Republic of China!
haiˊ²喺maaˏ₅馬loiˎ₄來saiˉ¹西aa˗₃亞，meiˍ₆未munˏ₅滿17sapˍ₆歲catˉ¹嘅seoi˗₃人ge˗₃唔janˎ₄准mˎ₄揸zeonˊ²車。
In Malaysia, those who have not reached the age of 17 cannot (legally) drive.
Words Containing 歲
年歲nin4 seoi3
age; years
光輝歲月gwong1 fai1 seoi3 jyut6
glory/glorious days
週歲zau1 seoi3
one full year of life
八十歲返頭嫁baat3 sap6 seoi3 faan1 tau4 gaa3
to bring trouble oneself. 八十歲返頭嫁 - 攞路行 get remarried at the age of eighty
養兒一百歲，長憂九十九joeng5 ji4 jat1 baak3 seoi3 coeng4 jau1 gau2 sap6 gau2
生兒一百歲,長憂九十九
幾十歲gei2 sap6 seoi3
middle-aged, old
客歲haak3 seoi3
last year
歲歲平安seoi3 seoi3 ping4 on1
peace all year round
幾十歲人gei2 sap6 seoi3 jan4
middle-aged or old people
歲月如流seoi3 jyut6 jyu4 lau4
the passage of the years; the flow of time
虛歲heoi1 seoi3
traditional Asian method of calculating a person's age, which holds that a baby is one year old at birth / as opposed to 足歲 see also 實歲
十八歲卜卜脆sap6 baat3 seoi3 bok1 bok1 ceoi3
refers to sexually mature girls (lit., "18 years old and crispy")
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