East Asian age reckoning 虛齡(計算年齡方法)

East Asian age reckoning
繁:虛齡(計算年齡方法)
简:虚龄(计算年龄方法)

我們一同參加寶寶的百日宴,不過在南韓,這個寶寶已經是兩歲。因為她在除夕出生,『南韓式年齡』一出生就是一歲,類似『虛齡』概念。而在新年一月一日,又人人再加一歲。

「南韓式年齡」惹爭議 有議員向國會提出草案倡廢除(2019年4月12日)。TVB新聞,取自 http://news.tvb.com/world/5cb09768e603830c2420a55b/

Known as East Asian age reckoning, many Asian countries used to follow the practice of understanding age one as the starting point of life.

South Koreans Debate Controversial ‘Korean Age’. (2018, January 9). Korea Bizwire. Retrieved from http://koreabizwire.com/south-koreans-debate-controversial-korean-age/106980