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

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• 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

1. (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