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Definition(s) for: 虚岁

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
虚岁 xū suì - one'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 at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday.
- contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 65,401 31,909

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- emptiness
- void
- abstract theory or guiding principles
- empty or unoccupied
- diffident or timid
- false
- humble or modest
- (of health) weak
- virtual
- in vain
suì- variant of 歲|岁[sui4], year
- years old
suì- classifier for years (of age)
- year
- year (of crop harvests)

Other Words Containing 虚岁

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo