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[1] [n] longevity; life span; old age [2] [n] (usu of elderly people) birthday [3] [adj] funerary; for burial Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 14
Level: 1
Radical: 士 (#33)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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壽 / 寿 | ||
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長壽麵 coeng4 sau6 min6 = long life noodles; longevity noodles 壽命 sau6 ming6 = life expectancy; life span 長壽 coeng4 sau6 = long life; long-lived; longevity 壽桃 sau6 tou4 = birthday peaches 壽衣 sau6 ji1 = burial clothes 拜壽 baai3 sau6 = congratulate an (elderly) person on his birthday 萬壽果 maan6 sau6 gwo2 = papaw, pawpaw 壽司 sau6 si1 = sushi 壽眉 sau6 mei4 = 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 = longevity noodles 長壽的 coeng4 sau6 dik1 = [adj] longevous, timeproof 國 壽板 sau6 baan2 = a coffin 粵 壽材 sau6 coi4 = a coffin 壽禮 sau6 lai5 = birthday present (for an old person) 壽辰 sau6 san4 = 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 = 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 = 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 = (used to be said to emperors) to be immortal; of one's years to be boundless 大壽 daai6 sau6 = Grand Birthday Celebration for elders 福祿壽 fuk1 luk6 sau6 = fortune, prosperity, longevity 延年益壽 jin4 nin4 jik1 sau6 = prolong the years of one's life; increase one's longevity 阿福阿壽 aa3 fuk1 aa3 sau6 = every Tom, Dick, and Harry 粵 福壽雙全 fuk1 sau6 soeng1 cyun4 = enjoy both good fortune and longevity 壽比南山 sau6 bei2 naam4 saan1 = live a long life; enjoy longevity 漢壽 hon3 sau6 = Hanshou (place in Hunan) 仁壽 jan4 sau6 = Renshou (place in Sichuan) 延壽 jin4 sau6 = Yanshou (place in Heilongjiang) 壽豐鄉 sau6 fung1 hoeng1 = Shoufeng (village in Taiwan) 壽光 sau6 gwong1 = Shouguang (city in Shandong) 壽陽 sau6 joeng4 = Shouyang (place in Shanxi) 壽縣 sau6 jyun6 = Shou county (county in Anhui) 壽寧 sau6 ning4 = Shouning (place in Fujian) 壽王墳 sau6 wong4 fan4 = Shouwangfen (place in Hebei) 壽終正寢 sau6 zung1 zing3 cam2 = die a natural death of old age in one's bed 壽酌 sau6 zoek3 = a banquet or feast by which an alderly person's birthday is celebrated 福祿壽三星 fuk1 luk6 sau6 saam1 sing1 = the three stars for happiness, fortune and longevity |
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Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |