大壽

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	(long) life
trad. (大壽)		大	壽
simp. (大寿)		大	寿

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ sau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-siū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshòu
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shou⁴
    • Yale: dà-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshow
    • Palladius: дашоу (dašou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ sau⁶
    • Yale: daaih sauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ sau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ seo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² sɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-siū
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsiu
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ siu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ siu³³/

Noun

大壽

1. important birthday (usually every tenth birthday after the fiftieth)

   六十大壽／六十大寿  ―  liùshí dàshòu  ―  sixtieth birthday

2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) coffin purchased before one's death

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-siū / tāi-siū

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-siū
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsiu
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ siu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ siu³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-siū
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixsiu
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ siu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ siu³³/

Noun

大壽

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) portrait (painting of a person)