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壽

shòu

old age, long life; lifespan

Strokes
14
Radical
士
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 寿

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 寿, the simplified form of 壽. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 请问您老人家高寿?

    Qǐng wèn nín lǎo rén jiā gāo shòu

    May I ask how old you are?

  • 一些人用手吃寿司。

    Yī xiē rén yòng shǒu chī shòu sī

    Some people eat sushi with their hands.

  • 日本人每天都会吃寿司吗?

    Rì běn rén měi tiān dōu huì chī shòu sī ma

    Do Japanese people eat sushi every day?

  • 女人通常比男人寿命长。

    Nǚ rén tōng cháng bǐ nán rén shòu mìng cháng

    Women generally live longer than men.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 寿

  • 寿命shòu mìng 4–4 life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)
  • 寿司shòu sī 4–1 sushi
  • 长寿cháng shòu 2–4 longevity; long-lived