做壽

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
variant forms		作壽／作寿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ sau⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): chòe-siū / chò-siū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zuòshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohshow
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ sau⁶
    • Yale: jouh sauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ sau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ seo⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² sɐu̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-siū
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoeasiu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕiu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-siū
    • Tâi-lô: tsò-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoirsiu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiu²²/

Verb

做壽

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