How to say "[A] is [duration] olden than [B]" in Chinese?
He is two years older than me.
他比我大两岁。
他比我大两年岁。

Are both sentences OK?

What is the structure for "two [months/weeks/days/hours/minutes/seconds/etc.]"?

And if I wanted to be more specific, how to say multiple durations of time. For example, "he is two years and three months older than me".

Thanks in advance.

Question

How to say "[A] is [duration] olden than [B]" in Chinese?
He is two years older than me.
他比我大两岁。
他比我大两年岁。

Are both sentences OK?

What is the structure for "two [months/weeks/days/hours/minutes/seconds/etc.]"?

And if I wanted to be more specific, how to say multiple durations of time. For example, "he is two years and three months older than me".

Thanks in advance.

Answer

"他比我大两岁" is perfectly correct, and may be the only correct Chinese for "He is two years older than me."
"他比我大两年岁" is incorrect. No one says it. "他比我大两年" is incorrect too.

"...two [months/weeks/days/]..." = 他比我大两个月/星期/天

However, it is unusual to say "他比我大两个小时/分钟/秒钟". We may say "他跟我是同一天生的, 就比我早两小时", "他跟我几乎是同时出生的, 就比我早两分钟/秒钟".

""he is two years and three months older than me" = 他比我大两岁零三个月.
Do you know that "101" is pronounced "一百零一" in Chinese?

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hi
only the first sentense is perfect
他比我大兩歲

keep the good work continue.....

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他比我大两岁 is correct;
他比我大两年岁 is wrong;
他比我大两个月/星期/天/小时/分/秒；
for the sentence"he is two years and three months older than me",we usuallly say "他比我大两年零三个月".

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他比我大两岁
他比我大两周岁

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‘他比我大两岁’ 是对的。中文里，没有’两年岁‘这种说法。

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