现年

現年

xiànnián

noun #28,885

Meanings

1 (a person's) current age
2 now aged (used in biographical contexts)

Characters

current / present

Examples

她现年三十五岁，已经是一位资深律师。

Tā xiànnián sānshíwǔ suì, yǐjīng shì yī wèi zīshēn lǜshī.

Now aged thirty-five, she is already a senior lawyer.

这位现年八十岁的老人仍然思维敏锐。

Zhè wèi xiànnián bāshí suì de lǎorén réngrán sīwéi mǐnruì.

This elderly person, now aged eighty, still has a sharp mind.

Tips

usage

现年 is a formal/journalistic expression. In news writing or official biographies, it precedes a person's age to mean 'currently aged X.' Casual speech uses 今年X岁 instead.

Stroke Order

现 xiàn

年 nián