suì = su + ei4
classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests)
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How to pronounce 歲

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= su initial

Su is for Susan Spider.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ei4 final

In the Eiffel Tower’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago

歲 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
zhǐ = zh + Ø3
to stop / to prohibit / until / only
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= w + Ø4
fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / fifth in order / letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / penta
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shǎo = sh + ao3
few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom
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shào = sh + ao4
young
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Characters with 歲 as component

huì = hu + ei4
dirt / filth
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guì = gu + ei4
minnow
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huì = hu + ei4
vast / expansive (as of water)
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Words with 歲

(literary) this year
(literary) to get through the year / entire year / throughout the year

Sentences with 歲

歲 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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suì

classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests)

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