歲歲

Chinese

		year; years old; (a measure word)	year; years old; (a measure word)
trad. (歲歲)		歲	歲
simp. (岁岁)		岁	岁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suìsuì

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi³ seoi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suìsuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suèisuèi
  - Wade–Giles: sui⁴-sui⁴
  - Yale: swèi-swèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sueysuey
  - Palladius: суйсуй (sujsuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi³ seoi³
  - Yale: seui seui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey³ soey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu³ sêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³³ sɵy̯³³/

Noun

歲歲

(literary) year after year; every year
- 1969, “祝壽歌”, in 周聰 (lyrics), 鄺天培 (music), 商台歌集第一輯, performed by 尹芳玲, 梁美嫻, 莫佩文, and 翠碧:
  
  年年都有今日，歲歲都有今朝。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  年年都有今日，岁岁都有今朝。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  nin⁴ nin⁴ dou¹ jau⁵ gam¹ jat⁶, seoi³ seoi³ dou¹ jau⁵ gam¹ ziu¹. [Jyutping]
  May you have today every year, may you have this day year after year.

Synonyms

年年 (niánnián)

Derived terms

年年歲歲 / 年年岁岁
歲歲平安 / 岁岁平安