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

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• 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

1. (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)