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歲

简岁 · 繁歲

Mandarin · pinyin suì

classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)

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歲: suì · year; age; harvest
岁: suì · year; age; harvest

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4 · sui4

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seoi3

Cantonese word readings for 歲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

(literary) Jupiter (planet)
year
Tai Sui, the god representing each of these years
(literary) age
(literary) time; period
(literary) crop harvests of the year
(literary) Classifier for time: year
Classifier for age (of a person or animal): year old

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