虚岁 in English xu1 sui4 Meaning
Meanings
- one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (that is to say the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday.
- contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
Pinyin
xu1 sui4Literal
Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.
虚 岁