壽星

Chinese

		(long) life	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (壽星)		壽	星
simp. (寿星)		寿	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shòuxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ sing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siū-seng / siū-chhiⁿ / siū-chheⁿ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zeu-shin₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shòuxīng → shòuxing (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ → ㄕㄡˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shòusi̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: shou⁴-hsing⁵
  - Yale: shòu-sying
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: show.shing
  - Palladius: шоусин (šousin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/ → /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shòuxīngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shòusingr
  - Wade–Giles: shou⁴-hsing¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: shòu-syīngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showshiengl
  - Palladius: шоусинр (šousinr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiɤ̯̃ɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau⁶ sing¹
  - Yale: sauh sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-seng
  - Tâi-lô: siū-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siuxsefng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: siū-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siuxchvy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siu²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: siū-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siuxzhvef
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zeu-shin₁
  - MiniDict: zeu^去 shin^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zeu-xin₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɤ²² ɕin⁴⁴/

Proper noun

壽星

Star of Longevity; God of Longevity

Noun

壽星

(honorific) (elderly) person whose birthday is being celebrated

Derived terms