壽終正寢
Chinese
(long) life | end; finish | |||
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trad. (壽終正寢) | 壽 | 終 | 正寢 | |
simp. (寿终正寝) | 寿 | 终 | 正寝 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 壽終正寢
- to die at a ripe old age