茶壽

Chinese

		tea; tea plant	(long) life
trad. (茶壽)		茶	壽
simp. (茶寿)		茶	寿

Etymology

From the decomposition of 茶 (“tea”) as two 十 (shí, “ten”)'s and 八十八 (bāshíbā, “eighty-eight”), which make 108.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ ㄕㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháshòu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²-shou⁴
    • Yale: chá-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charshow
    • Palladius: чашоу (čašou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

茶壽

1. age of one hundred and eight