| 1 | 岁 | 嵗 | suì | sui4 | classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests); variant of 岁 , year; years old | | |
| 2 | 岁月 | 歲月 | suì yuè | sui4 yue4 | years; time | | |
| 3 | 岁时 | 歲時 | suì shí | sui4 shi2 | season; time of the year | | |
| 4 | 万岁 | 萬歲 | wàn suì | wan4 sui4 | Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty | | |
| 5 | 岁数 | 歲數 | suì shu | sui4 shu5 | age (number of years old) | | |
| 6 | 年岁 | 年歲 | nián suì | nian2 sui4 | years of age; age | | |
| 7 | 周岁 | 週歲 | zhōu suì | zhou1 sui4 | one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) | | |
| 8 | 暮岁 | 暮歲 | mù suì | mu4 sui4 | the last days of the year; old age | | |
| 9 | 年终岁暮 | 年終歲暮 | nián zhōng suì mù | nian2 zhong1 sui4 mu4 | toward the year's end (idiom) | | |
| 10 | 岁出 | 歲出 | suì chū | sui4 chu1 | annual expenditure | | |
| 11 | 岁差 | 歲差 | suì chā | sui4 cha1 | the precession of the equinoxes | | |
| 12 | 岁不我与 | 歲不我與 | suì bù wǒ yǔ | sui4 bu4 wo3 yu3 | Time and tide wait for no man (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 守岁 | 守歲 | shǒu suì | shou3 sui4 | to see in the New Year; to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve | | |
| 14 | 实岁 | 實歲 | shí suì | shi2 sui4 | method of calculating a person's age in years from birth; see also 虚岁 | | |
| 15 | 十九岁 | 十九歲 | shí jiǔ suì | shi2 jiu3 sui4 | 19 years old | | |
| 16 | 去岁 | 去歲 | qù suì | qu4 sui4 | last year | | |
| 17 | 绮岁 | 綺歲 | qǐ suì | qi3 sui4 | youthful age | | |
| 18 | 年杪岁卒 | 年杪歲卒 | nián miǎo suì zú | nian2 miao3 sui4 zu2 | by the end of the year (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 年近岁迫 | 年近歲迫 | nián jìn suì pò | nian2 jin4 sui4 po4 | coming to the end of the year (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 六十五岁 | 六十五歲 | liù shí wǔ suì | liu4 shi2 wu3 sui4 | sixty-five years old | | |
| 21 | 足岁 | 足歲 | zú suì | zu2 sui4 | (literary) to get through the year; entire year; throughout the year; method of calculating a person's age in years from birth; see also 虚岁 | | |
| 22 | 几岁 | 幾歲 | jǐ suì | ji3 sui4 | how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) | | |
| 23 | 贺岁 | 賀歲 | hè suì | he4 sui4 | to extend New Year's greetings; to pay a New Year's visit | | |
| 24 | 二十六岁 | 二十六歲 | èr shí liù suì | er4 shi2 liu4 sui4 | 26 years old | | |
| 25 | 恶岁 | 惡歲 | è suì | e4 sui4 | lean year; year of bad harvest | | |