大壽

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	(long) life
trad. (大壽)		大	壽
simp. (大寿)		大	寿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàshòu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ sau⁶
Min Nan (POJ): tōa-siū / tāi-siū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàshòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshow
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ sau⁶
  - Yale: daaih sauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ sau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ seo⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² sɐu̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-siū
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-siū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsiu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ ɕiu³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ ɕiu³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-siū
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-siū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixsiu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ ɕiu³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ ɕiu³³/

Noun

大壽

important birthday (usually every tenth birthday after the fiftieth)
六十大壽 / 六十大寿 ― liùshí dàshòu ― sixtieth birthday
(Min Nan) coffin purchased before one's death

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