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AbovetheLAW:
Ok, I have searched this forum for this but I could not find it. I am sorry if this post is redundant but I have to know.

The other day my girlfriend was trying to explain to me that she has an American age and also a Chinese age. She told me that her American age is 25 but her Chinese age is 27....What!? So she then went on to explain that in China they start out at the age of 1 when they are born then they again another year after the Chinese New Year. I was telling her that this (logically) makes no sense as the term 'years old' is just as it implies.

I then asked her if I was born in China would I be 32 right now? She said no I would be 31. I was trying to inquire as to why she gains 2 years in Chinese age customs and I only 1, but she just kept saying 'its very complicated and I wouldnt understand. Can anyone that has knowledge of this clarify?

Robertt S:
The Chinese count the age starting from the birth, every Chinese lunar year which you will traverse count for one year more however your month of birth.
A baby born on December 24, 2013, for example, will be 2 years old on January 1, 2014, because it will have traversed 2 years 2013 and 2014, whereas its Gregorian age is one week.
In the final analysis, you will always have a year even 2 years more in Chinese age in Chinese lunar calendar than your Gregorian age in solar calendar.

http://www.est-direct.com/china/cncaps.php?lang=en

AbovetheLAW:
Ahh ok, that makes sense now.

Willy The Londoner:
Ok dash it! Thanks for making me even older that I think I am. Mind you I think my body has already become attuned to its new Chinese age. :'(

Willy

Robertt S:
Willy,

Try this calculator, it should make you feel real chipper afterwards! ::) :o ;)

http://www.kwebbel.net/dog/engels.html

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