🎂 How old are you?

Unit 2 · People, family & numbers (HSK 1) · 7 min

Asking age: to a child 你几岁？, to an adult 你多大？, to an elder 您多大年纪？. Answer: 我二十八岁 "I am 28."

Words in this lesson

• 岁 (suì) — years old
• 多大 (duō dà) — how old
• 今年 (jīn nián) — this year
• 年 (nián) — year
• 大 (dà) — big; old (age)
• 小 (xiǎo) — small; young

Asking age in China is not rude, but be gentle with women and elders.

Project: Write each family member's age in Chinese: 我爸爸今年……岁。