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寿比南山
shòu bǐ nánshān
Main
English DefinitionLive as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom); Long may you live!
Simplified Script寿比南山
Traditional Script壽比南山
Pinyinshòu bǐ nánshān
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄕㄡˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping)sau6 bei2 naam4saan1
Word Decomposition
寿shòulong life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary; (Chinese surname)
to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese); Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利时
南山nánshānNanshan or Namsan, common place name; Nanshan district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong

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