Meaning of Korean age | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An age system where a person is considered one year old at birth, and adds one to their age every January 1st. It was formerly used in several East Asian countries.
   uncountable
2. One's age under this system.
   countable

Examples

“Take “Gangnam Style” singer Psy, for example. Born on December 31, 1977, he is considered 45 by international age; 46 by calendar year age; and 47 by Korean age.”

“There is a second counting method – a mix of the international and Korean age systems – in which a baby is born at zero years, and one year is added every January 1.”

“Yoon Jae-ha, left, shows his international age of eight and Korean age of nine next to his father, Yoon Dong-gun, whose international age is 43 and Korean age is 44”

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