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* 我 20 <em>岁</em> 学生。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ èrshí <em>suì</em>.</span><span class="trans">I am 20 years old.</span>
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* 我 20 <em>岁</em> <span class="pinyin">Wǒ èrshí <em>suì</em>.</span><span class="trans">I am 20 years old.</span>
  
 
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Revision as of 03:44, 25 August 2015

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Use 岁 (suì) to tell someone your age. The sentence pattern is a bit different from English, however.

Structure

The structure for telling someone's age with 岁 (suì) is:

Subject + Number + 岁

This is equivalent to "Subject is Number years old" in English.

Examples

  • 我 20 Wǒ èrshí suì.I am 20 years old.

Sources and further reading

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