East Asian Age Reckoning - Chinese

Chinese

In either the traditional or modern age system, the word sui (traditional Chinese: 歲; simplified Chinese: 岁; pinyin: suì), meaning "years of age", is used for age counting. When a person's age is given in a publication, it is often specified whether that is his or her traditional age (traditional Chinese: 虛歲; simplified Chinese: 虚岁; pinyin: xūsuì) or modern age (traditional Chinese: 周歲; simplified Chinese: 周岁; pinyin: zhōusùi) or shisui (traditional Chinese: 實歲; simplified Chinese: 实岁; pinyin: shísùi).

When a child has survived one month of life (29 days if lunar month reckoning) a muen yuet (Chinese: 滿月; Jyutping: mun5 jyut6) celebration can be observed in which duck or chicken eggs dyed red are distributed to guests to signify fertility.

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