益壽

Chinese

		benefit; increase	(long) life
trad. (益壽)		益	壽
simp. (益寿)		益	寿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìshòu

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄕㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jik¹ sau⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yit-su

(Hailu, HRS): rhid shiu^˖

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìshòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄕㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìshòu
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-shou⁴
  - Yale: yì-shòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshow
  - Palladius: ишоу (išou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jik¹ sau⁶
  - Yale: yīk sauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁷ sau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yig¹ seo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-su
  - Hakka Romanization System: id^ˋ su
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ su⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /it̚² su⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-su
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id^ˋ su
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ su⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² su⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhid shiu^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒit⁵⁻² ʃiu³³/

Middle Chinese: 'jiek dzyuwX|dzyuwH

Rime
Character	益	壽	壽
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	常 (25)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	伊昔切	殖酉切	承呪切
Baxter	'jiek	dzyuwX	dzyuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇk̚/	/d͡ʑɨu^X/	/d͡ʑɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛk̚/	/d͡ʑiu^X/	/d͡ʑiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæk̚/	/d͡ʑiəu^X/	/d͡ʑiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiajk̚/	/d͡ʑuw^X/	/d͡ʑuw^H/
Li Rong	/ʔiɛk̚/	/ʑiu^X/	/ʑiu^H/
Wang Li	/ĭɛk̚/	/ʑĭəu^X/	/ʑĭəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛk̚/	/ʑi̯ə̯u^X/	/ʑi̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi	shòu	shòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik¹	sau⁶	sau⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*q[i]k [N-t]uʔ|[N-t]uʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*qleɡ djuʔ|djus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	益	壽	壽
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì	shòu	shòu
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjiek ›	‹ dzyuw^X ›	‹ dzyuw^H ›
Old Chinese	/q[i]k/ (dialect: -ik > *-ek)	/*[N-t]uʔ/	/*[N-t]uʔ-s/
English	increase	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	益	壽	壽
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	15081	11707	11709
Phonetic component	益	壽	壽
Rime group	錫	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	益	受	授
Old Chinese	/*qleɡ/	/*djuʔ/	/*djus/

Verb

益壽

to prolong life

Derived terms

延年益壽 / 延年益寿 (yánniányìshòu)
益壽延年 / 益寿延年 (yìshòuyánnián)