虛歲

Chinese

		devoid of content; void; false devoid of content; void; false; empty; vain	year; years old; (a measure word)
trad. (虛歲)		虛	歲
simp. (虚岁)		虚	岁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xūsuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄙㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹ seoi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hir-hèr / hi-hè / hu-hè / hi-hòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūsuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syusuèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹-sui⁴
    • Yale: syū-swèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiusuey
    • Palladius: сюйсуй (sjujsuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: heoi¹ seoi³
    • Yale: hēui seui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey¹ soey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu¹ sêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hir-hèr
    • Tâi-lô: hir-hèr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɯ³³ hə⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-hè
    • Tâi-lô: hi-hè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hi'hex
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ he¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-hè
    • Tâi-lô: hu-hè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hu'hex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² he²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-hòe
    • Tâi-lô: hi-huè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hi'hoex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ hue²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² hue²¹/

Noun

虛歲

1. nominal age (reckoned by the traditional method, i.e. considering a person one year old at birth and adding a year each lunar new year)

Antonyms

• 實歲／实岁 (shísuì), 足歲／足岁 (zúsuì)

See also

• 週歲／周岁 (zhōusuì), 虛齡／虚龄