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		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	Star of Longevity; God of Longevity; person whose birthday is being celebrated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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoshòuxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ

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• 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/

Noun

老壽星

1. (honorific) (elderly) person whose birthday is being celebrated