jin6 nin4現年现年
Jyutpingjin6 nin4
Yaleyihn nìhn
Definition
A person's current age.
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How it's used
This term is formal and typically appears in written reports, news articles, or official biographies rather than casual conversation. It functions as a concise way to state someone's age at the present moment. Using it in everyday speech can make you sound overly stiff or like you are reading from a police report.
Examples
He is thirty years old now and has already become a manager.
How old are you now?
Related words
Common phrases
currently fifty years old
Common mistake
Do not use this to ask someone their age in a friendly setting, as it sounds like an interrogation. Use 幾多歲 instead for normal social interactions.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
