歲月

See also: 歳月 and 岁月

Chinese

	year; years old; (a measure word)	moon; month
trad. (歲月)	歲	月
simp. (岁月)	岁	月
Literally: “years and months”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suìyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi³ jyut⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): soi-ngie̍t / sui-ngie̍t / soi-ngia̍t / sui-ngia̍t
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sòe-goa̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): suê³ ghuêh⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suìyuè → suìyue (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄩㄝˋ → ㄙㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄩㄝ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suèiyue̊
  - Wade–Giles: sui⁴-yüeh⁵
  - Yale: swèi-ywe
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suey.yueh
  - Palladius: суйюэ (sujjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/ → /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɥɛ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi³ jyut⁶
  - Yale: seui yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey³ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu³ yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³³ jyːt̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: soi-ngie̍t / sui-ngie̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: soi ngied / sui ngied
  - Hagfa Pinyim: soi⁴ ngiad⁶ / sui⁴ ngiad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /soi̯⁵⁵ ŋi̯et̚⁵/, /su̯i⁵⁵ ŋi̯et̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: soi-ngia̍t / sui-ngia̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: soi ngiad / sui ngiad
  - Hagfa Pinyim: soi⁴ ngiad⁶ / sui⁴ ngiad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /soi̯⁵⁵ ŋi̯at̚⁵/, /su̯i⁵⁵ ŋi̯at̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòe-goa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: suè-gua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soea'goat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sue²¹⁻⁵³ ɡuat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡuat̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sue²¹⁻⁵³ ɡuat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sue¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡuat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sue²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡuat̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: suê³ ghuêh⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suè gue̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ɡueʔ⁴/

Noun

歲月

years; passing of time; time

Synonyms

世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
世代 (shìdài) (literary)
光陰／光阴 (Dungan)
年代 (niándài)
年候兒／年候儿 (niánhour) (Beijing Mandarin)
年歲／年岁 (niánsuì)
年華／年华 (niánhuá)
時代／时代 (shídài)
時期／时期 (shíqī)
朝代 (cháodài)

Derived terms

崢嶸歲月／峥嵘岁月 (zhēngróngsuìyuè)
悲歡歲月／悲欢岁月 (bēihuānsuìyuè)
歲月不居／岁月不居
歲月不待人／岁月不待人
歲月不饒人／岁月不饶人 (suìyuè bù ráorén)
歲月如梭／岁月如梭 (suìyuèrúsuō)
歲月如流／岁月如流
歲月崢嶸／岁月峥嵘

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