長壽

See also: 长寿

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	(long) life
trad. (長壽)		長	壽
simp. (长寿)		长	寿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chángshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄕㄡˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чоншу (čonšu, I-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ sau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòng-su
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tn̂g-siū / tiông-siū / tiâng-siū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciang⁵ siu⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángshòu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-shou⁴
    • Yale: cháng-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngshow
    • Palladius: чаншоу (čanšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 嘗受／尝受 長壽／长寿

  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чоншу (čonšu, I-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²⁴ ʂou⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ sau⁶
    • Yale: chèuhng sauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ sau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ seo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ sɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòng-su
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong^ˇ su
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong² su⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ su⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-siū
    • Tâi-lô: tn̂g-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngsiu
    • IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ siu³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍²³⁻³³ siu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍¹³⁻²² siu²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² siu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiông-siū
    • Tâi-lô: tiông-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongsiu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ siu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiâng-siū
    • Tâi-lô: tiâng-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diangsiu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaŋ¹³⁻²² siu²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciang⁵ siu⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiâng siū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siu¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: drjang dzyuwX|dzyuwH

Rime
Character	長	壽	壽
Reading #	1/3	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	常 (25)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	直良切	殖酉切	承呪切
Baxter	drjang	dzyuwX	dzyuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨɐŋ/	/d͡ʑɨuX/	/d͡ʑɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiɐŋ/	/d͡ʑiuX/	/d͡ʑiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɑŋ/	/d͡ʑiəuX/	/d͡ʑiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖɨaŋ/	/d͡ʑuwX/	/d͡ʑuwH/
Li Rong	/ȡiaŋ/	/ʑiuX/	/ʑiuH/
Wang Li	/ȡĭaŋ/	/ʑĭəuX/	/ʑĭəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯aŋ/	/ʑi̯ə̯uX/	/ʑi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cháng	shòu	shòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng4	sau6	sau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə-[N]-traŋ  [N-t]uʔ|[N-t]uʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*daŋ  djuʔ|djus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	長	壽	壽
Reading #	1/2	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cháng	shòu	shòu
Middle Chinese	‹ drjang ›	‹ dzyuwX ›	‹ dzyuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə-[N]-traŋ/	/*[N-t]uʔ/	/*[N-t]uʔ-s/
English	long (adj.)	longevity	longevity
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	長	壽	壽
Reading #	2/3	1/2	2/2
No.	1276	11707	11709
Phonetic component	長	壽	壽
Rime group	陽	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	長	受	授
Old Chinese	/*daŋ/	/*djuʔ/	/*djus/

Adjective

長壽

1. long-lived; longevous

Synonyms

• 長命／长命 (chángmìng)
• (Hokkien) 長歲壽／长岁寿, 百歲壽／百岁寿

Derived terms

• 好人不長壽，禍害一千年／好人不长寿，祸害一千年
• 長壽麵／长寿面 (chángshòumiàn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (長壽):

• → Japanese: 長(ちょう)寿(じゅ) (chōju)
• → Korean: 장수(長壽) (jangsu)
• → Vietnamese: trường thọ (長壽)

Proper noun

長壽

1. (～區) Changshou (a district of Chongqing, China)
2. (～鎮) Changshou (a town in Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China)
3. (～社區) Changshou (a residential community of Changshou, Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China)
4. (～村) Changshou (a village in Changshou, Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China)
5. (historical) various era names from 692–694 and 769–779