Usage note
年龄表示一个人有多大。
nián líng biǎo shì yí gè rén yǒu duō dà。
Age means how old a person is.
Context note
年龄常出现在介绍、问答和表格里。
nián líng cháng chū xiàn zài jiè shào 、 wèn dá hé biǎo gé lǐ。
Age often appears in introductions, Q&A, and forms.
5 examples
你的年龄是多少？
nǐ de nián líng shì duō shǎo？
What is your age?
他年龄不大。
tā nián líng bú dà。
He is not very old.
年龄很重要。
nián líng hěn zhòng yào。
Age is important.
我不知道他的年龄。
wǒ bù zhī dào tā de nián líng。
I do not know his age.
请写年龄。
qǐng xiě nián líng。
Please write your age.
5 mini stories
老师问大家的年龄，我们认真回答。
lǎo shī wèn dà jiā de nián líng， wǒ men rèn zhēn huí dá。
The teacher asked everyone's age, and we answered carefully.
妈妈说年龄不是最重要的，健康更重要。
mā ma shuō nián líng bú shì zuì zhòng yào de， jiàn kāng gèng zhòng yào。
Mom said age is not the most important thing; health is more important.
我长大了，年龄也变大了。
wǒ zhǎng dà le， nián líng yě biàn dà le。
I grew up, and my age increased too.
表格里要填写年龄。
biǎo gé lǐ yào tián xiě nián líng。
The form requires you to fill in your age.
他虽然年龄小，但很懂事。
tā suī rán nián líng xiǎo， dàn hěn dǒng shì。
Although he is young, he is very sensible.
Mini dialogue
问年龄
A
你的年龄是多少？
Nǐ de nián líng shì duō shǎo?
What is your age?
B
我的年龄是十岁。
Wǒ de nián líng shì shí suì.
My age is ten years old.
年龄不是问题
A
学中文和年龄没关系。
Xué zhōng wén hé nián líng méi guān xi.
Learning Chinese has nothing to do with age.
B
对，什么年龄都可以学。
Duì, shén me nián líng dōu kě yǐ xué.
Right, you can learn at any age.
Related words and contrasts
similar
岁数
suì shu
age (years old)
casual way to ask or talk about age
similar
年纪
nián jì
age (stage of life)
often used for older people's age