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English translations
year, a year (of age)
Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 岁 ( suì ) correctly?"
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers. This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
岁 ( sui / suì ) in traditional characters
歲
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 岁 ( sui / suì ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication. If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ŏ, ù).
Wo de erzi qi sui da le.
Wŏ de érzi qī suì dà le. – English translation: My son is 7 years old.
Character complexity
岁 is composed of 6 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
age | sunset
岁 ( sui / suì ) belongs to the 1000 most common Chinese characters (rank 594)
Chinese example words containing the character 岁 ( sui / suì )
你几岁了 ( Nĭ jí sùi le = How old are you? ),岁数 ( suìshu = age ),他几岁了 ( tā jĭ suì le = How old is he? )
Other characters that are pronounced suì in Chinese
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