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suì

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suì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
suì | sui4
English translation
variant of suì
> suì [suì], year
years old
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
year; years old, age; harvest

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About suì

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

suì

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Numeral / 数词 shù cí Shù cí

Etymology of suì

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Positional decomposition

山夕

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yuè represents the sound. The simplified character suì was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character suì .

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Example sentences using suì

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看门人 kān mén rén shì 六十 liù shí suì de ǎi pán .

The gateman was a stodgy fellow of

zhè 疾病 jíbìng zài 蔓延 mànyán , suì 以下 yǐ xià de 小孩 xiǎo hái dōu yǒu 危险 wēixiǎn .

The disease is spreading, and all children under five are at risk.

已经 yǐjīng 45 suì , 中等 zhōng děng 身材 shēncái , ǎi 矮胖 aǐ pàng pán de , 完全 wánquán shì 胸无城府 xiōng wú chéng fǔ de .

He was forty - five years of age, of medium height, fairly thick - set, not at all unprepossessing.

10 suì de 时候 shíhou 扁桃体 biǎn táo tǐ 切除 qiē chú le .

I had my tonsils out when I was ten.

已经 yǐjīng 度过 dùguò le 青春 qīngchūn 年代 niándài , 现年 xiàn nián 28 suì líng 9 yuè .

He was past his prime, being twenty - eight years and three quarters old.

Words with suì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
suì year suì
万岁 wàn suì Your Majesty萬歲
岁月 suìyuè years歲月
岁数 suì shu age (number of years old)歲數
贺岁 hè suì to pay a New Year's visit賀歲
压岁钱 yāsuìqián money given to children as new year present壓歲錢
岁末 suì mò end of the year歲末
太岁 Tài suì Tai Sui, God of the year太歲
年岁 nián suì age年歲
周岁 zhōu suì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)週歲
守岁 shǒu suì to see in the New Year守歲
虚岁 xū suì as opposed to 足歲|足岁 zú suì [zú​suì]虛歲
去岁 qù suì last year去歲
岁首 suì shǒu start of the year歲首
岁暮 suì mù end of the year歲暮
岁入 suì rù annual revenue歲入
今岁 jīn suì (literary) this year今歲

suì Decomposition & Compounds

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suì Decomposition

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suì Compounds

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