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长寿

cháng shòu

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 長壽

长寿 (Cháng shòu) means "Changshou suburban district of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan; longevity; long-lived". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 长寿 means

1. longevity
2. long-lived

Other readings

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

• Cháng shòusee {长寿区|Cháng shòu Qū}

The characters in 长寿

• 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte
• 寿shòulong life; old age; age

Example sentences

• 愿他们长寿！
  May they live long!
• 他不会长寿。
  He won't make it to old age.
• 我的祖父很长寿。
  Wǒ de zǔfù hěn chángshòu.
  My grandfather lived a long life.
• 女性通常比男性长寿。
  Nǚxìng tōngcháng bǐ nánxìng chángshòu.
  Women commonly live longer than men.
• 女性一般比男性长寿十年。
  Nǚxìng yībān bǐ nánxìng chángshòu shí nián.
  Generally, women live 10 years longer than men.
• 医生告诉史密斯先生他要长寿的话就得戒烟。
  Yīshēng gàosu shǐmìsī xiānsheng tā yào chángshòu dehuà jiù děi jiè yān.
  The doctor told Mr Smith to give up smoking if he wanted to live long.

Words starting with 长寿

• 长寿区Cháng shòu QūChangshou, a district of Chongqing 重庆

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