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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 See all 45 compounds (CantoDict reports 47 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |