虚岁

xūsuì

one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. 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 (Lì chūn) each year, rather than on one's birthday.; contrasted with 实岁 (shí suì)

Traditional 虛歲

Meaning

xūsuìxu1 sui4
  1. one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. 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 Lì chūn each year, rather than on one's birthday.
  2. contrasted with 实岁 shí suì

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