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福祿壽三星
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the three stars (the trio-deities) for happiness, fortune and longevity: 福祿壽 福神 God of wealth, 祿仙 God of fortune, 壽翁 God of longevity [also.] 福祿壽三仙 Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:福 fuk1 - fortune; luck; happiness祿 luk6 - wealth; emolument; salary 壽 sau6 - longevity; birthday; funerary 三 saam1 saam3 - three; several 星 sing1 - star |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).