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我原来以为您只有 六十来岁 what does 来 mean here in 来岁
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It means about .
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來: around 六十來歲: around sixty years old
與數詞、量詞並用,表示約略之數的詞有:
來:
用於數詞或量詞之間,表約略的意思。
如:「六十來歲」、「二十來斤」。
許:
表示約略估計的數量。
如:「些許」、「少許」。
後漢書˙卷七十一˙皇甫嵩傳:「赴河死者,五萬許人。」
唐˙柳宗元˙至小邱西小石潭記:「潭中魚可百許頭,皆若空遊無所依。」
多:
有餘。
如:「一年多」、「十萬多人」。
左右:
上下、光景。多放在數量詞後,表示約略之數。
漢˙王充˙論衡˙齊世:「語稱上世之人侗長佼好,堅彊老壽,百歲 左右。」
上下:
左右、相差無幾。
老殘遊記二編˙第七回:「點算西首五排,人大概在一百名上下。」
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It means 'more than' sixty here.
Hope this answers your question.
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The character 来 in your sentence means "about/odd", a little bit more or less.
a number + 来 + classifier/measure word.
eg. about 50 pages 50来页。
about 30 parking spaces 30来个停车位。
about 10 people 十来 个人。
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it means little older than sixtyyears old or about sixty years old
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