老壽星
Chinese
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
Star of Longevity; God of Longevity; person whose birthday is being celebrated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老壽星) | 老 | 壽星 | |
| simp. (老寿星) | 老 | 寿星 | |
| anagram | 壽星老／寿星老 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): lǎoshòuxīng
- (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoshòuxīng → lǎoshòuxing (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ → ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄡˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshòusi̊ng
- Wade–Giles: lao3-shou4-hsing5
- Yale: lǎu-shòu-sying
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshow.shing
- Palladius: лаошоусин (laošousin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/ → /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
老壽星
- (honorific) (elderly) person whose birthday is being celebrated