虛歲
Chinese
devoid of content; void; false devoid of content; void; false; empty; vain |
year; years old; (a measure word) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (虛歲) | 虛 | 歲 | |
| simp. (虚岁) | 虚 | 岁 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi1 seoi3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hir-hèr / hi-hè / hu-hè / hi-hòe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xūsuì
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syusuèi
- Wade–Giles: hsü1-sui4
- Yale: syū-swèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiusuey
- Palladius: сюйсуй (sjujsuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: heoi1 seoi3
- Yale: hēui seui
- Cantonese Pinyin: hoey1 soey3
- Guangdong Romanization: hêu1 sêu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hir-hèr
- Tâi-lô: hir-hèr
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hɯ³³ hə⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-hè
- Tâi-lô: hi-hè
- Phofsit Daibuun: hi'hex
- IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ he¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-hè
- Tâi-lô: hu-hè
- Phofsit Daibuun: hu'hex
- IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² he²¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-hòe
- Tâi-lô: hi-huè
- Phofsit Daibuun: hi'hoex
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ hue²¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² hue²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Noun
虛歲
- nominal age (reckoned by the traditional method, i.e. considering a person one year old at birth and adding a year each lunar new year)