上壽

See also: 上寿

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	(long) life
trad. (上壽)		上	壽
simp. (上寿)		上	寿

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngshòu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ sau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngshòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngshòu
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-shou⁴
  - Yale: shàng-shòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshow
  - Palladius: шаншоу (šanšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ sau⁶
  - Yale: seuhng sauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ sau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ seo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² sɐu̯²²/

Verb

上壽

(literary) to drink a toast for longevity

Noun

上壽

(literary) advanced age

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiūⁿ-siū

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-siū
  - Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-siū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxsiu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ siu²²/

Verb

上壽

(Xiamen Hokkien) to be getting old; to be of advanced age