歲聲

Chinese

		year; years old; (a measure word)	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (歲聲)		歲	聲
simp. (岁声)		岁	声

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hè-siaⁿ / hèr-siaⁿ / hòe-siaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê³ sian¹

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hè-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hè-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heasviaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²¹⁻⁵³ siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /he²¹⁻⁴² siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /he¹¹⁻⁵³ siã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hèr-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hèr-siann
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siã³³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /hə²¹⁻⁴² siã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòe-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: huè-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoeasviaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue²¹⁻⁵³ siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /hue²¹⁻⁴² siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²¹⁻⁴¹ siã⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê³ sian¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huè siaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sĩã³³/

Noun

歲聲

1. (Southern Min) age (of a person)
   • 2015, “嘻游记 [The Journey]”‎^[1]performed by 刘玲玲 [Liu Ling Ling] and 王雷 [Wang Lei]:

     不论你的岁声　之前有无病痛　终身健保陪到老 [Hokkien, simp.]
     不論你的歲聲　之前有無病痛　終身健保陪到老 [Hokkien, trad.]

     Bô-lūn lí ê hòe-siaⁿ, chi-chêng ū bô pīⁿ-thiàⁿ, chiong-sin kiān-pó pôe kàu lāu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Regardless of your age or whether you have pre-existing conditions, MediShield Life will accompany you till you are old.

   • 2016, “欢喜就好 [Happy Can Already!]”, 梁志强 [Jack Neo] (lyrics), 邓碧源 [Matthew Teng] (music)‎^[2]:

     人生来到这个岁数　也不是讲很老 [Hokkien, simp.]
     人生來到這個歲數　也不是講很老 [Hokkien, trad.]

     Lîn-seng lâi-kàu chit-ê hè-siaⁿ, - m̄-sī kóng chin lāu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     When my life gets to this age, it is not considered very old

   • 2023, “二老”‎^[3]performed by 吴小新:

     行到这个岁声　有好多事俺会看破 [Teochew, simp.]
     行到這個歲聲　有好多事俺會看破 [Teochew, trad.]

     gian⁵ gao³ zi² gai⁵ huê³ sian¹, u⁶ hoh⁴ zoi⁷ se⁷ nang² dioh⁸ toin² pua³ [Peng'im]

     Living to this age, there are many things that we have to be resigned to

Synonyms

• 年事 (niánshì)
• 年歲／年岁 (niánsuì)
• 年紀／年纪 (niánjì)
• 年齒／年齿 (niánchǐ) (literary, of a person, in years)
• 年齡／年龄 (niánlíng)
• 歲子／岁子 (Hokkien)
• 歲數／岁数 (suìshu)
• 歲頭／岁头 (Hokkien)
• 齒髮／齿发 (chǐfà) (literary, humble)