壽 (sau6 | shou4) : longevity; birthday; funerary

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壽

sau6

shou4

[1] [n] longevity; life span; old age
[2] [n] (usu of elderly people) birthday
[3] [adj] funerary; for burial

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Stroke count: 14

Level: 1

Radical: 士 (#33)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

壽 / 寿

This word has been viewed 13526 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Apr 2011 15:19

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長壽麵 coeng4 sau6 min6 chang2 shou4 mian4 = long life noodles; longevity noodles

壽命 sau6 ming6 shou4 ming4 = life expectancy; life span

長壽 coeng4 sau6 chang2 shou4 = long life; long-lived; longevity

壽桃 sau6 tou4 shou4 tao2 = birthday peaches

壽衣 sau6 ji1 shou4 yi1 = burial clothes

拜壽 baai3 sau6 bai4 shou4 = congratulate an (elderly) person on his birthday

萬壽果 maan6 sau6 gwo2 = papaw, pawpaw

壽司 sau6 si1 shou4 si1 = sushi

壽眉 sau6 mei4 shou4 mei2 = shoumei tea

壽幛 sau6 zoeng3 = a birthday scroll

壽頭 sau6 tau4 = a nitwit, a sucker, a moron 粵

人壽保險 jan4 sau6 bou2 him2 = life insurance

壽麵 sau6 min6 shou4 mian4 = longevity noodles

長壽的 coeng4 sau6 dik1 chang2 shou4 de5 = [adj] longevous, timeproof 國

壽板 sau6 baan2 = a coffin 粵

壽材 sau6 coi4 shou4 cai2 = a coffin

壽禮 sau6 lai5 shou4 li3 = birthday present (for an old person)

壽辰 sau6 san4 shou4 chen2 = birthday (of an old person)

多福多壽 do1 fuk1 do1 sau6 = happiness and longevity

阿壽 aa3 sau6 = a stupid person

福壽 fuk1 sau6 fu2 shou4 = felicity and longevity

福壽膏 fuk1 sau6 gou1 = opium

倒米壽星 dou2 mai5 sau6 sing1 = a disservice-doer 粵

陽壽 joeng4 sau6 yang2 shou4 = predestined life-span

冥壽 ming4 sau6 = to celebrate the birthday of someone after they have died

壽仔 sau6 zai2 = an idiot 粵

萬壽無疆 maan6 sau6 mou4 goeng1 wan4 shou4 wu2 jiang1 = (used to be said to emperors) to be immortal; of one's years to be boundless

大壽 daai6 sau6 da4 shou4 = Grand Birthday Celebration for elders

福祿壽 fuk1 luk6 sau6 fu2 lu4 shou4 = fortune, prosperity, longevity

延年益壽 jin4 nin4 jik1 sau6 yan2 nian2 yi4 shou4 = prolong the years of one's life; increase one's longevity

阿福阿壽 aa3 fuk1 aa3 sau6 a1 fu2 a1 shou4 = every Tom, Dick, and Harry 粵

福壽雙全 fuk1 sau6 soeng1 cyun4 fu2 shou4 shuang1 quan2 = enjoy both good fortune and longevity

壽比南山 sau6 bei2 naam4 saan1 shou4 bi3 nan2 shan1 = live a long life; enjoy longevity

漢壽 hon3 sau6 han4 shou4 = Hanshou (place in Hunan)

仁壽 jan4 sau6 ren2 shou4 = Renshou (place in Sichuan)

延壽 jin4 sau6 yan2 shou4 = Yanshou (place in Heilongjiang)

壽豐鄉 sau6 fung1 hoeng1 shou4 feng1 xiang1 = Shoufeng (village in Taiwan)

壽光 sau6 gwong1 shou4 guang1 = Shouguang (city in Shandong)

壽陽 sau6 joeng4 shou4 yang2 = Shouyang (place in Shanxi)

壽縣 sau6 jyun6 shou4 xian4 = Shou county (county in Anhui)

壽寧 sau6 ning4 shou4 ning2 = Shouning (place in Fujian)

壽王墳 sau6 wong4 fan4 shou4 wang2 fen2 = Shouwangfen (place in Hebei)

壽終正寢 sau6 zung1 zing3 cam2 shou4 zhong1 zheng4 qin3 = die a natural death of old age in one's bed

壽酌 sau6 zoek3 shou4 zhuo2 = a banquet or feast by which an alderly person's birthday is celebrated

福祿壽三星 fuk1 luk6 sau6 saam1 sing1 fu2 lu4 shou4 san1 xing1 = the three stars for happiness, fortune and longevity

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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