实岁
shí suì
method of calculating a person's age in years from birth; see also 虛歲|虚岁[xu1 sui4]; see also 足歲|足岁[zu2 sui4]
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- 虚岁xū suìone's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived). In this system, a person's age is one year at birth, and increases by one year at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday.
- 足岁zú suìmethod of calculating a person's age in years from birth
- 五百年前是一家wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiāfive hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
- 五笔
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实岁 (shí suì) means "method of calculating a person's age in years from birth; see also 虛歲|虚岁[xu1 sui4]; see also 足歲|足岁[zu2 sui4]" in Chinese.
实岁 is pronounced "shí suì" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 2 syllables.
实岁 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
实岁 is made up of the characters 实, 岁. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.
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