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Meaning of 岁
Pinyin
suì
Radical
山
Strokes
6
Definition
year / years old / (a measure word)
Usage
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岁
suì
名
1. 年。
Year.
2. 一年的收成，年景。
Year for crops; year's harvest.
3. 年龄。
Age.
4. 星名。
Name of a star.
5. 指时间，光阴。
Refers to time; the passage of time.
6. 新年，一年之始。
New Year; the beginning of the year.
详细解释：
1. 年：～首。～暮。～夕（即“除夕”）。～除（年终）。～阑（一年将尽的时候）。
Year: Beginning of the year; end of the year; New Year's Eve; end of the year; at the end of the year.
2. 一年的收成，年景：～凶（年成歉收）。歉～（收成不好的年份）。
Year for crops: Poor harvest year; year of bad harvest.
3. 年龄：年～。周～。
Age: Year of age; decade of age.
4. 星名：～星（即“木星”。）
Name of a star: Jupiter.
5. 指时间，光阴：～月（泛指时间）。
Refers to time: Month (generally refers to time).
引：
1. 《说文》：岁，木星也。
"Shuōwén" states: "Suì refers to Jupiter."
2. 《左传·襄公二十八年》：岁在星纪。
"Zuo Zhuan" says: "The year is indexed by the stars."
例：
岁君（太岁。古人称木星为太岁，认为冲犯它不吉利）；岁次（每年岁星所值的星次与其干支称为岁次）。
Example: Year Lord (referring to Jupiter, considered unlucky to offend); Year Cycle (the yearly position of the year's star in the cycle of time).
年龄引：
1. 《史记·秦始皇本纪》：年十二岁，庄襄王死，政代为秦王。
"Records of the Grand Historian": At the age of twelve, Zhuangxiang Wang passed away, and Zheng took over as King of Qin.
2. 林觉民《与妻书》：依新已五岁，转眼成人，汝其善抚之，使之肖我。
Lin Juemin's "Letter to My Wife": The child has just turned five, now grown up; you should take good care of him so he resembles me.
年龄例：
三岁小孩；八十岁的老奶奶；两岁的牛儿正当年。
Example: A three-year-old child; an eighty-year-old grandmother; a two-year-old cow is in its prime.
岁月引：
1. 《论语·阳货》：日月逝矣，岁不我与。
"The Analects": The sun and moon pass, but the years do not wait for me.
2. 唐·孟浩然《除夜》：那堪正漂泊，来日岁华新。
Tang poet Meng Haoran: How can we bear to drift about, while tomorrow brings a new year?
岁月例：
岁光（岁月，光阴）；岁华（时光）。
Example: The passage of years; the flow of time.
年景引：
1. 《孟子·梁惠王上》：人死，则曰：“非我也，岁也。”
"Mencius": When a person dies, they say: "It is not me, it is the year."
2. 《左传·昭公三十二年》：闵闵焉如农夫之望岁。
"Zuo Zhuan": Mournfully like a farmer waiting for the year’s harvest.
年景例：
岁恶（岁凶。收成不好）；岁丰（年谷丰收）。
Example: A year of curse (poor harvest); a bountiful year.
新年引：
1. 《说文》：岁，木星也。
"Shuōwén": Suì refers to Jupiter.
新年例：
岁旦（正月初一日）；岁朝（一年之始，即元旦）。
Example: New Year (the first day of the first month); the beginning of the year (New Year's Day).
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Input Method for 岁
Pinyin
sui4
Wubi
mqu
Cangjie
uni
Zhengma
llrs
Four Corner
22207
Unicode
U+5c81
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