行 háng row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column syn 代 dài to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon syn 世 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble syn 时代 時代 shí dài age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 现代 現代 xiàn dài modern times / modern age / modern era syn 年龄 年齡 nián líng (a person's) age / CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4] syn 年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 身材 shēn cái stature / build (height and weight) / figure syn 年纪 年紀 nián jì age / CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4] syn 当代 當代 dāng dài the present age / the contemporary era syn 高峰 gāo fēng peak / summit / height syn 阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 海拔 hǎi bá height above sea level / elevation syn 衰老 shuāi lǎo to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak syn 个子 個子 gè zi height / stature / build / size syn 世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age syn 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 兄台 兄臺 xiōng tái brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age) 新丁 xīn dīng new addition to a family (i.e. a birth) / a boy who has just come of age / (in a job etc) newcomer / novice 半百 bàn bǎi fifty (usually referring to sb's age) syn 成人礼 成人禮 chéng rén lǐ coming of age ceremony 垂老 chuí lǎo approaching old age 破瓜 pò guā (of a girl) to lose one's virginity / to deflower a virgin / to reach the age of 16 / (of a man) to reach the age of 64 女大不中留 nǚ dà bù zhōng liú when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom) 岁 歲, 𡻕 suì classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests) syn 思春期 sī chūn qī age when girls start to develop feelings for the opposite sex / puberty 旧 舊 jiù old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age) syn 高度 gāo dù height / altitude / elevation / high degree / highly / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 信息化 xìn xī huà informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization) 身高 shēn gāo (a person's) height 从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood / from a young age syn 中年 zhōng nián middle age syn 古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn 春秋 chūn qiū spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles) syn 高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last syn 老年 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years syn 年限 nián xiàn age limit / fixed number of years syn 大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) syn 一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) syn 新时代 新時代 xīn shí dài new age 老化 lǎo huà (of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated 年华 年華 nián huá years / time / age syn 盛世 shèng shì a flourishing period / period of prosperity / a golden age syn 个头 個頭 gè tóu size / height syn 养老保险 養老保險 yǎng lǎo bǎo xiǎn old-age insurance 小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 今世 jīn shì this life / this age syn 盛夏 shèng xià midsummer / the height of summer syn 现年 現年 xiàn nián (a person's) current age syn 今朝 jīn zhāo (dialect) today / (literary) the present / this age syn 石器时代 石器時代 shí qì shí dài Stone Age 岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) syn 年龄段 年齡段 nián líng duàn age group 终年 終年 zhōng nián entire year / throughout the year / age at death syn 信息时代 信息時代 xìn xī shí dài information age 发扬光大 發揚光大 fā yáng guāng dà to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development syn 白头 白頭 bái tóu hoary head / old age syn 变老 變老 biàn lǎo to grow old / to age / aging 同龄人 同齡人 tóng líng rén peer / one's contemporary / person of the same age syn 同龄 同齡 tóng líng of the same age syn 中老年 zhōng lǎo nián middle and old age syn 瞭望 liào wàng to watch from a height or distance / to keep a lookout 年岁 年歲 nián suì years of age / age syn 身长 身長 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure) syn 当世 當世 dāng shì the present age / in office / the current office holder 黄金时代 黃金時代 huáng jīn shí dài golden age syn 口齿 口齒 kǒu chǐ mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc) syn 阿哥 ā gē (familiar) elder brother syn 世世 shì shì from age to age 适龄 適齡 shì líng of age / of the appropriate age syn 育龄 育齡 yù líng childbearing age 享年 xiǎng nián to live to the (ripe) age of 老龄 老齡 lǎo líng old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged syn 年事 nián shì years of age / age syn 末世 mò shì last phase (of an age) syn 不惑 bù huò without doubt / with full self-confidence / forty years of age syn 低龄 低齡 dī líng (of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age syn 退休年龄 退休年齡 age at retirement 反哺 fǎn bǔ to support one's parents in their old age / to show filial piety / to to repay / to return a favor 白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn 高矮 gāo ǎi height (i.e. whether short or tall) syn 早衰 zǎo shuāi to age prematurely / premature senescence syn 芳龄 芳齡 fāng líng age (of a young woman) 寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn 而立之年 ér lì zhī nián the age of 30 学龄 學齡 xué líng school age 大姨 dà yí aunt (mother's eldest sister) / (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) syn 老气横秋 老氣橫秋 lǎo qì héng qiū old and decrepit / proud of one's age and experience (idiom) syn 惊风 驚風 jīng fēng infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms) 结发 結髮 jié fà (in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age 暮年 mù nián one's declining years / one's old age syn 老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age syn 秋霜 qiū shuāng autumn frost / fig. white hair as sign of old age 婚龄 婚齡 hūn líng length of married life / marriageable age / actual marrying age 身量 shēn liang height (of a person) / stature / (fig.) reputation / standing syn 高寿 高壽 gāo shòu longevity / venerable age / your venerable age? syn 