岁数
suìshu
age
Characters in this word
数 shǔ
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 娄 a constellation 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他岁数不小了，却依然每天坚持学习新技术。 Tā suìshu bù xiǎo le, què yīrán měitiān jiānchí xuéxí xīn jìshù. He is no longer young, but he still insists on learning new technology every day.
- 奶奶岁数大了，耳朵不太好使。 Nǎinai suìshu dà le, ěrduo bú tài hǎoshǐ. Grandma is getting on in years, and her hearing is not so good.
- 他看起来年轻，其实岁数比我还大。 Tā kàn qǐlái niánqīng, qíshí suìshu bǐ wǒ hái dà. He looks young, but he is actually older than me.