耆壽

Chinese

		man of sixty or seventy	(long) life
trad. (耆壽)		耆	壽
simp. (耆寿)		耆	寿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qíshòu

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄡˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qíshòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: císhòu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi²-shou⁴
  - Yale: chí-shòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyishow
  - Palladius: цишоу (cišou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

耆壽

(honorific) age at death (used in obituaries, for people passing away at 90-99 years old)
享耆壽九十五歲／享耆寿九十五岁 ― xiǎng qíshòu jiǔshíwǔ suì ― passed away at 95

See also

得年 (dénián) (for people dying at under 30 years old)
享年 (xiǎngnián) (for people dying at 30-59 years old)
享壽／享寿 (xiǎngshòu) (for people dying at 60-89 years old)
嵩壽／嵩寿 (sōngshòu) (for deaths of centenarians)

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