福如東海，壽比南山

Chinese

		May your happiness and good fortune be boundless like the East Sea.		Long may you live!
trad. (福如東海，壽比南山)		福如東海	，	壽比南山
simp. (福如东海，寿比南山)		福如东海	，	寿比南山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúrúdōnghǎi, shòubǐnánshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄏㄞˇ , ㄕㄡˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ jyu⁴ dung¹ hoi², sau⁶ bei² naam⁴ saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúrúdōnghǎi, shòubǐnánshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄏㄞˇ , ㄕㄡˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúrúdonghǎi, shòubǐnánshan
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-ju²-tung¹-hai³, shou⁴-pi³-nan²-shan¹
    • Yale: fú-rú-dūng-hǎi-, shòu-bǐ-nán-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwurudonghae, showbiinanshan
    • Palladius: фужудунхай, шоубинаньшань (fužudunxaj, šoubinanʹšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʐu³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹ jyu⁴ dung¹ hoi², sau⁶ bei² naam⁴ saan¹
    • Yale: fūk yùh dūng hói, sauh béi nàahm sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ jy⁴ dung¹ hoi², sau⁶ bei² naam⁴ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ yu⁴ dung¹ hoi², seo⁶ béi² nam⁴ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ jyː²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵ sɐu̯²² pei̯³⁵ naːm²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

福如東海，壽比南山

1. May your happiness and good fortune be boundless like the East Sea, and may you live as long as the South Mountain!

Usage notes

Usually said on someone's birthday. Traditional and formal.