米壽

See also: 米寿

Chinese

		rice; metre	(long) life
trad. (米壽)		米	壽
simp. (米寿)		米	寿

Etymology

From the decomposition of the shape of 米 as 八十八 (bāshíbā, “eighty-eight”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄕㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐshòu
    • Wade–Giles: mi³-shou⁴
    • Yale: mǐ-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miishow
    • Palladius: мишоу (mišou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

米壽

1. age of eighty-eight