壽星

Chinese

		(long) life	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (壽星)		壽	星
simp. (寿星)		寿	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shòuxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ sing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siū-seng / siū-chhiⁿ / siū-chheⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shòuxīng → shòuxing (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ → ㄕㄡˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shòusi̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: shou⁴-hsing⁵
  - Yale: shòu-sying
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: show.shing
  - Palladius: шоусин (šousin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/ → /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shòuxīngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shòusingr
  - Wade–Giles: shou⁴-hsing¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: shòu-syīngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showshiengl
  - Palladius: шоусинр (šousinr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiɤ̯̃ɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau⁶ sing¹
  - Yale: sauh sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-seng
  - Tâi-lô: siū-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siuxsefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu³³⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiu²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu⁴¹⁻²² ɕiɪŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: siū-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siuxchvy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: siū-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siuxzhvef
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

Proper noun

壽星

Star of Longevity; God of Longevity

Noun

壽星

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

Derived terms

倒米壽星／倒米寿星
壽星公／寿星公 (shòuxīnggōng)
壽星老／寿星老 (shòuxīnglǎo)
拆空老壽星／拆空老寿星
老壽星／老寿星 (lǎoshòuxīng)
鈴鐺壽星／铃铛寿星

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