歲月

See also: 歳月 and 岁月

Chinese

		year; years old; (a measure word)	moon; month
trad. (歲月)		歲	月
simp. (岁月)		岁	月
Literally: “years and months”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suìyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi³ jyut⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): soi-ngie̍t / sui-ngie̍t / soi-ngia̍t / sui-ngia̍t
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sòe-goa̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suê³ ghuêh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suìyuè → suìyue (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄩㄝˋ → ㄙㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄩㄝ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suèiyue̊
    • Wade–Giles: sui⁴-yüeh⁵
    • Yale: swèi-ywe
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suey.yueh
    • Palladius: суйюэ (sujjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/ → /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɥɛ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi³ jyut⁶
    • Yale: seui yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey³ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu³ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³³ jyːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: soi-ngie̍t / sui-ngie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: soi ngied / sui ngied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: soi⁴ ngiad⁶ / sui⁴ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /soi̯⁵⁵ ŋi̯et̚⁵/, /su̯i⁵⁵ ŋi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: soi-ngia̍t / sui-ngia̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: soi ngiad / sui ngiad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: soi⁴ ngiad⁶ / sui⁴ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /soi̯⁵⁵ ŋi̯at̚⁵/, /su̯i⁵⁵ ŋi̯at̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòe-goa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: suè-gua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soea'goat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sue²¹⁻⁵³ ɡuat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡuat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sue²¹⁻⁵³ ɡuat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sue¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡuat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sue²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡuat̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suê³ ghuêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suè gue̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ɡueʔ⁴/

Noun

歲月

1. years; passing of time; time

Synonyms

• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 世代 (shìdài) (literary)
• 光陰／光阴 (Dungan)
• 年代 (niándài)
• 年候兒／年候儿 (niánhour) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 年歲／年岁 (niánsuì)
• 年華／年华 (niánhuá)
• 時代／时代 (shídài)
• 時期／时期 (shíqī)
• 朝代 (cháodài)

 

Derived terms

• 崢嶸歲月／峥嵘岁月 (zhēngróngsuìyuè)
• 悲歡歲月／悲欢岁月 (bēihuānsuìyuè)
• 歲月不居／岁月不居
• 歲月不待人／岁月不待人
• 歲月不饒人／岁月不饶人 (suìyuè bù ráorén)
• 歲月如梭／岁月如梭 (suìyuèrúsuō)
• 歲月如流／岁月如流
• 歲月崢嶸／岁月峥嵘