How to Say "How old are you" in Chinese (Mandarin): 你几岁？

The characters in 你几岁？

• 几

  How many, for small numbers.

• 岁 / 歲

  Years of age. 山 (mountain) is on top.

几 is used when the answer is a small number, so 你几岁？ is how you ask a child. For grown-ups, people say 你多大？ (nǐ duō dà?).

More examples with 你几岁？

• 小朋友，你几岁？

  小朋友，你幾歲？

  Xiǎopéngyou, nǐ jǐ suì?

  Little one, how old are you?

• 你几岁？我六岁。

  你幾歲？我六歲。

  Nǐ jǐ suì? Wǒ liù suì.

  How old are you? I'm six.