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  <h1>Age with "<span class="pinyinst">suì</span>" "<span class="hanzist">岁</span>"</h1>

  <p>Use <span class="hanzi">岁</span> (<span class="pinyin">suì</span>) to tell someone your age. The sentence pattern is a bit different from English, however.</p>

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      <li><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Age_with_%22sui%22#Structure"> 1 Structure</a> 

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        <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Age_with_%22sui%22#Examples"> 1.1 Examples</a></li>
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      <li><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Age_with_%22sui%22#See_Also"> 2 See Also</a></li>

      <li><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Age_with_%22sui%22#Sources_and_further_reading"> 3 Sources and further reading</a></li>
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  <h2 id="sigil_toc_id_40"><span id="Structure">Structure</span></h2>

  <p>The structure for telling someone's age with <span class="hanzi">岁</span> (<span class="pinyin">suì</span>) is:</p>

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    Subj. + Number + <span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">岁</span>
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  <p>This is equivalent to someone "<b>is</b> <b>x years old</b>" in English. Notice that you don't need to include any verb when you use <span class="hanzi">岁</span> (<span class="pinyin">suì</span>).</p>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">我 20 岁 。</span><br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒ èrshí suì .</span> <br/>I am 20 years old.</li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我 妈妈 今年 45 岁 。</span><br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒ māma jīnnián sìshí-wǔ suì .</span> <br/>My mother is 45 years old this year.</li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我 儿子 一 岁 半。</span><br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒ érzi yī suì bàn.</span> <br/>My child is one and a half years old.</li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">你 爷爷 今年 80 岁 吗？</span><br/><span class="pinyin">Nǐ yéye jīnnián bāshí suì ma？</span> <br/>Is your grandpa eighty years old this year?</li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">他 女朋友 也 20 岁 吗？</span><br/><span class="pinyin">Tā nǚpéngyou yě èrshí suì ma?</span> <br/>Is his girlfriend also twenty years old?</li>
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  <p>Note that you don't need the verb <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E6%98%AF" title="是">是</a> (<span class="pinyin">shì</span>) in any of these sentences, and you don't need a <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_word" title="Measure word">measure word</a> like <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E4%B8%AA" title="个">个</a> (<span class="pinyin">gè</span>) either. In fact, it would be <i><b>incorrect</b></i> to use either of those with&#160;&#160;<span class="hanzi">岁&#160;&#160;</span>&#160;&#160;<span class="pinyin">suì</span>):</p>

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      <li><span class="hanzi"><strike>我 的 孩子 一 个 岁 。</strike></span><br/><span class="pinyin"><strike>Wǒ de háizi yī&#160;<span class="rouge">gè</span>&#160;suì .</strike></span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi"><strike>我 的 孩子 是 一 岁 。</strike></span><br/><span class="pinyin"><strike>Wǒ de háizi&#160;<span class="rouge">shì</span>&#160;yī suì .</strike></span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我 的 孩子 一 岁 。</span><br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒ de háizi yī suì .</span> <br/>My child is one year old.</li>
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  <h2 id="sigil_toc_id_42">See Also</h2>

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    <li><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Word_order" title="Word order">Word order</a></li>

    <li><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Simple_%22noun_%2B_adjective%22_sentences" title="Simple &quot;noun + adjective&quot; sentences">Simple "noun + adjective" sentences</a></li>
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  <h2 id="sigil_toc_id_43">Sources and further reading</h2>

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    <li>Short-term Spoken Chinese: Intermediate (<span class="hanzi">汉语口语速成中级篇</span>) Chapter 10</li>

    <li>New Concept Chinese (<span class="hanzi">新概念汉语 初级本I</span>) Chapter 5</li>
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