歲壽

Chinese

		year; years old; (a measure word)	(long) life
trad. (歲壽)		歲	壽
simp. (岁寿)		岁	寿

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hue⁴ siu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hèr-siū / hè-siū / hòe-siū

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hue⁴ siu⁵ [Phonetic: hue⁴ liu⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huei⁴² ^(ɬ-)liu²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hèr-siū
    • Tâi-lô: hèr-siū
    • IPA (Singapore): /hə²¹⁻⁴² siu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hè-siū
    • Tâi-lô: hè-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heasiu
    • IPA (Taipei): /he¹¹⁻⁵³ siu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²¹⁻⁵³ siu²²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /he²¹⁻⁴² siu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòe-siū
    • Tâi-lô: huè-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoeasiu
    • IPA (Singapore): /hue²¹⁻⁴² siu²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²¹⁻⁴¹ siu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue²¹⁻⁵³ siu²²/

Noun

歲壽

1. (Southern Min, Puxian Min) lifespan

Synonyms

• 壽命／寿命 (shòumìng)
• 壽數／寿数 (shòushù)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “岁寿”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 288.