齡

líng

age; years

How to write 齡, stroke by stroke

age; length of experience, membership etc

Pictophonetic: semantic 齒 (age), phonetic 令

Made of 齒 + 令

年齡nián líng(a person's) age
同齡tóng língof the same age
同齡人tóng líng rénpeer; one's contemporary; person of the same age
年齡段nián líng duànage group
高齡gāo língelderly
低齡dī líng(of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age
低齡化dī líng huà(of a certain group of people, e.g. recreational drug users) to become younger, on average, than before
凍齡dòng língto maintain a youthful appearance
大齡dà língolder (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc)
妙齡miào líng(of a girl) in the prime of youth
婚齡hūn línglength of married life; marriageable age; actual marrying age
學齡xué língschool age

他問了我的年齡、姓名、地址等等。
tā wèn le wǒ de nián líng 、 xìng míng 、 dì zhǐ děng děng 。
He asked me my age, my name, my address, and so forth.
祖父的年齡比我大五倍。
zǔ fù de nián líng bǐ wǒ dà wǔ bèi 。
My grandfather is five times as old as I am.
他看起來比他的實際年齡大。
tā kàn qǐ lái bǐ tā de shí jì nián líng dà 。
He looks old for his age.
我們經常在夜晚打保齡球。
wǒ mén jīng cháng zài yè wǎn dǎ bǎo líng qiú 。
At night, we usually go bowling.
一輛車齡八年的車子幾乎是毫無價值的。
yí liàng jū líng bā nián de jū zǐ jī hū shì háo wú jià zhí de 。
An eight-year-old car is almost worthless.