In English, we often use “how old are you” to ask other’s age. Do you know how to say how old are you in Chinese? Today we will learn "how to say how old are you in chinese".
When you search the Internet, “how old are you” is translated into Chinese as 你多大了? [nǐ duō dà le?] or 你今年多大? [nǐ jīn nián duō dà?], which are the most common ways to say how old are you in Chinese.
Now, when someone ask you “你今年多大?” which means how old are you, do you know how to answer back in Chinese? Here is the common pattern:
Or you can just say:
For example:
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
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A: | 你多大了? | nǐ duō dà le? | How old are you? |
B: | 我9岁。/ 9岁。 | wǒ jiǔ suì。/ jiǔ suì。 | I’m 9 years old. / 9 years old. |
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|---|
A: | 奶奶,您多大年纪? | nǎi nǎi,nín duō dà nián jì? | Grandma, how old are you? |
B: | 我90岁了。 | wǒ jiǔ shí suì le。 | I’m 90 years old. |
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|---|
A: | 大爷,您今年高寿啊? | dà yé,nín jīn nián gāo shòu ā? | Grandpa, how old are you this year? |
B: | 我90岁了。 | wǒ jiǔ shí suì le。 | I’m 90 years old. |
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|---|
A: | 你是哪一年出生的? | nǐ shì nǎ yì nián chū shēng de? | What year were you born? |
B: | 1990年。 | yī jiǔ jiǔ líng nián。 | Nineteen ninety. |
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|---|
A: | 您是哪年生人? | nín shì nǎ nián shēng rén? | What year were you born in? |
B: | 我是1990年生人。 | wǒ shì yī jiǔ jiǔ líng nián shēng rén。 | I was born in nineteen ninety. |
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
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A: | 你属什么? | nǐ shǔ shén me? | What is your Chinese zodiac sign? |
B: | 我属狗。 | wǒ shǔ gǒu。 | My Chinese zodiac sign is dog. |
If you don’t want to respond with your exact age, you can answer like these:
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
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A: | 你今年多少岁? | nǐ jīn nián duō shǎo suì? | How old are you? |
B: | 我三十多岁。 | wǒ sān shí duō suì。 | I’m in my thirties. |
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|---|
A: | 你今年多少岁? | nǐ jīn nián duō shǎo suì? | How old are you? |
B: | 我四十好几了。 | wǒ sì shí hǎo jǐ le。 | I’m in my forties. |
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|---|
A: | 你今年多少岁? | nǐ jīn nián duō shǎo suì? | How old are you? |
B: | 我二十出头。 | wǒ èr shí chū tóu。 | I'm in my early twenties. |
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|---|
A: | 你今年多少岁? | nǐ jīn nián duō shǎo suì? | How old are you? |
B: | 我快三十了。 | wǒ kuài sān shí le。 | I'm almost thirty. |
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|---|
A: | 你今年多少岁? | nǐ jīn nián duō shǎo suì? | How old are you? |
B: | 我不到四十。 | wǒ bú dào sì shí。 | I’m almost forties. |
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