Age in Chinese
age · HSK 4
年龄
- 年 year
- 龄 age
Counted with 个: 一个年龄
请在这里写上你的年龄。 Please write your age here.
Other ways to say age
More words with 年 or 龄
How do you say age in Chinese?
Age in Chinese is 年龄 (nián líng). You can also say 时代 (shí dài), 年纪 (nián jì), 衰老 (shuāi lǎo), 岁数 (suì shu).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.