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- 年龄
年龄
nián líng
Meaning
- (a person's) age
Definition
指一个人或生物从出生到当前所经历的年数。
The number of years a person or living being has lived since birth.
Usage
用于询问或描述某人的岁数，常用于日常对话、表格填写等场合。
Used to ask or describe someone's age, commonly in daily conversation, form filling, etc.
Examples
- 1 请问您的年龄是多少？ (May I ask your age?)
- 2 他的年龄比我大五岁。 (He is five years older than me.)
- 3 年龄不是衡量能力的唯一标准。 (Age is not the only measure of ability.)
- 4 在这个年龄段，孩子应该上小学了。 (At this age, children should be in elementary school.)
- 5 她看起来比实际年龄年轻。 (She looks younger than her actual age.)
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