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寿

shòu

HSK 5 Character Traditional 壽

What 寿 means

1. long life
2. old age
3. age
4. life
5. birthday
6. funerary

Other readings

寿 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Shòusurname Shou

Example sentences

• 愿他们长寿！
  May they live long!
• 他不会长寿。
  He won't make it to old age.
• 我不喜欢寿司。
  I don't like sushi.
• 我不想吃寿司。
  I don't feel like eating sushi.
• 她不喜欢寿司。
  She does not like sushi.
• 蝴蝶的寿命短。
  The life span of a butterfly is short.

Words starting with 寿

• 寿命shòu mìnglife span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)
• 寿星shòu xīnggod of longevity; elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated
• 寿司shòu sīsushi
• 寿辰shòu chénbirthday (of an old person)
• 寿终正寝shòu zhōng zhèng qǐnto die of old age; to die in one's bed at a ripe old age…
• 寿衣shòu yīburial clothes
• 寿元shòu yuánone's allotted lifespan
• 寿堂shòu tángmourning hall; a hall for a birthday celebration
• 寿带shòu dài(bird species of China) Amur paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone incei)
• 寿数shòu shupredestined length of life
• 寿材shòu cáicoffin
• 寿礼shòu lǐbirthday present (for an old person)
• 寿终shòu zhōngto die of old age; to live to a ripe old age; (fig.) (of sth) to come to an end…
• 寿县Shòu XiànShou County or Shouxian, a county in Huainan City 淮南市
• 寿考shòu kǎolong life; life span
• 寿诞shòu dànbirthday (of an old person)
• 寿限shòu xiànlifetime; length of life
• 寿险shòu xiǎnlife insurance (abbr. for 人寿保险
• 寿面shòu miànbirthday noodles (for longevity)
• 寿糕shòu gāobirthday cake
• 寿光市Shòu guāng ShìShouguang, a county-level city in Weifang City 潍坊市
• 寿喜烧shòu xǐ shāosukiyaki
• 寿宁县Shòu níng XiànShouning, a county in Ningde City 宁德市
• 寿阳县Shòu yáng XiànShouyang, a county in Jinzhong City 晋中市

Words containing 寿

• 长寿cháng shòulongevity; long-lived
• 祝寿zhù shòuto offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person)
• 大寿dà shòu(polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person…
• 人寿rén shòuhuman lifespan; life insurance (abbr. for 人寿保险
• 福寿fú shòuhappiness and longevity
• 延寿yán shòuto prolong life; to extend lifespan
• 延年益寿yán nián yì shòu(idiom) to prolong life; to extend lifespan
• 做寿zuò shòuto celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person)
• 喜寿xǐ shòu77th birthday (honorific, archaic or Japanese term)
• 年寿nián shòulength of life; life span
• 折寿zhé shòuto have one's life shortened (by excesses etc)
• 拜寿bài shòucongratulate an elderly person on his birthday; offer birthday felicitations
• 陈寿Chén ShòuChen Shou (233-297), Western Jin dynasty 西晋
• 阳寿yáng shòupredestined lifespan
• 高寿gāo shòulongevity; venerable age; your venerable age?
• 小寿星xiǎo shòu xīngchild whose birthday is being celebrated; birthday boy; birthday girl
• 延寿县Yán shòu XiànYanshou, a county in Harbin City 哈尔滨市
• 李延寿Lǐ Yán shòuLi Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 and Northern Dynasties 北史
• 永寿县Yǒng shòu XiànYongshou, a county in Xianyang City 咸阳市
• 汉寿县Hàn shòu XiànHanshou, a county in Changde City 常德市
• 无量寿Wú liàng shòuboundless life (expression of good wishes); Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life…
• 长寿区Cháng shòu QūChangshou, a district of Chongqing 重庆
• 灵寿县Líng shòu XiànLingshou, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家庄市
• 人寿保险rén shòu bǎo xiǎnlife insurance

Characters that look like 寿

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 每měieach; every
• 希xīto hope; to admire; variant of 稀
• 奇qístrange; odd; weird
• 秀xiù(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent…
• 肴yáomeat dishes; mixed viands
• 劵juànold variant of 倦

Sounds the same

Read shòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 受to receive; to accept; to suffer
• 瘦thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight
• 授(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
• 售(bound form) to sell; to retail; (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
• 兽beast; animal; beastly
• 狩to hunt; to go hunting (as winter sport in former times); hunting dog
• 绶cord on a seal
• 夀old variant of 寿