壽終正寢

Chinese

		(long) life	end; finish
trad. (壽終正寢)		壽	終	正寢
simp. (寿终正寝)		寿	终	正寝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ zung¹ zing³ cam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòujhongjhèngcǐn
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴-chung¹-chêng⁴-chʻin³
    • Yale: shòu-jūng-jèng-chǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showjongjenqchiin
    • Palladius: шоучжунчжэнцинь (šoučžunčžɛncinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau⁶ zung¹ zing³ cam²
    • Yale: sauh jūng jing chám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ dzung¹ dzing³ tsam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ zung¹ jing³ cem²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡sʰɐm³⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 壽終正寢

1. to die at a ripe old age