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 in Cantonese

heoiˉ¹seoi˗₃
虚岁
Mandarin Pinyin: xu1 sui4

Meaning of 虛歲

nountraditional 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

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