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		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	Star of Longevity; God of Longevity; person whose birthday is being celebrated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

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

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

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