做壽

See also: 做寿

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	(long) life
trad. (做壽)		做	壽
simp. (做寿)		做	寿
alternative forms		作壽／作寿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ sau⁶
• Jin (Wiktionary): zueh^4-3 sou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-siū / chò-siū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòshòu
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-shou⁴
    • Yale: dzwò-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohshow
    • Palladius: цзошоу (czošou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ sau⁶
    • Yale: jouh sauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ sau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ seo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² sɐu̯²²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zueh^4-3 sou³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ səu⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-siū
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoeasiu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ siu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-siū
    • Tâi-lô: tsò-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoirsiu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ siu²²/

Verb

做壽

1. to celebrate or hold a birthday (usually of elderly people)