嵩壽

Chinese

		lofty; name of a mountain in Henan	(long) life
trad. (嵩壽)		嵩	壽
simp. (嵩寿)		嵩	寿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sōngshòu

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥㄕㄡˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sōngshòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥㄕㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: songshòu
  - Wade–Giles: sung¹-shou⁴
  - Yale: sūng-shòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: songshow
  - Palladius: суншоу (sunšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Adjective

嵩壽

long-lived

Synonyms

高壽／高寿 (gāoshòu)

Noun

嵩壽

(honorific) age at death (used in obituaries, for centenarians)
享嵩壽一百零一歲 [MSC, trad.]
享嵩寿一百零一岁 [MSC, simp.]
xiǎng sōngshòu yībǎi líng yī suì [Pinyin]
passed away at 101

See also

得年 (dénián) (for people dying at under 30 years old)
享年 (xiǎngnián) (for people dying at 30-59 years old)
享壽／享寿 (xiǎngshòu) (for people dying at 60-89 years old)
耆壽／耆寿 (qíshòu) (for people dying at 90-99 years old)

References

“嵩壽”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.