歲壽

Chinese

		year; years old; (a measure word)	(long) life
trad. (歲壽)		歲	壽
simp. (岁寿)		岁	寿

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): huei⁴ siu⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hèr-siū / hè-siū / hòe-siū

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huei⁴ siu⁵ [Phonetic: huei⁴ liu⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ho̍i-siū
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huei⁴² ^(ɬ-)liu¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huei⁴ siu⁵ [Phonetic: huei⁴ liu⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huei⁴² ^(ɬ-)liu²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hèr-siū
  - Tâi-lô: hèr-siū
  - IPA (Singapore): /hə²¹⁻⁴² siu²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hè-siū
  - Tâi-lô: hè-siū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: heasiu
  - IPA (Taipei): /he¹¹⁻⁵³ siu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /he²¹⁻⁵³ siu²²/
  - IPA (Singapore): /he²¹⁻⁴² siu²²/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòe-siū
  - Tâi-lô: huè-siū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoeasiu
  - IPA (Singapore): /hue²¹⁻⁴² siu²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²¹⁻⁴¹ siu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue²¹⁻⁵³ siu²²/

Noun

歲壽

(Southern Min, Puxian Min) lifespan

Synonyms

壽命／寿命 (shòumìng)
壽數／寿数 (shòushù)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “岁寿”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 288.