長壽

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See also: 长寿

Chinese

long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
(long) life
trad. (長壽)
simp. (长寿) 寿
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/2 2/2
Initial () (11) (25) (25)
Final () (105) (136) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter drjang dzyuwX dzyuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖɨɐŋ/ /d͡ʑɨuX/ /d͡ʑɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖiɐŋ/ /d͡ʑiuX/ /d͡ʑiuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiɑŋ/ /d͡ʑiəuX/ /d͡ʑiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖɨaŋ/ /d͡ʑuwX/ /d͡ʑuwH/
Li
Rong
/ȡiaŋ/ /ʑiuX/ /ʑiuH/
Wang
Li
/ȡĭaŋ/ /ʑĭəuX/ /ʑĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi̯aŋ/ /ʑi̯ə̯uX/ /ʑi̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cháng shòu shòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
coeng4 sau6 sau6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
cháng shòu shòu
Middle
Chinese
‹ drjang › ‹ dzyuwX › ‹ dzyuwH ›
Old
Chinese
/*Cə--traŋ/ /*uʔ/ /*uʔ-s/
English long (adj.) longevity longevity

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/3 1/2 2/2
No. 1276 11707 11709
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*daŋ/ /*djuʔ/ /*djus/

Adjective

長壽

  1. long-lived; longevous

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Sino-Xenic (長壽):

Proper noun

長壽

  1. () Changshou (a district of Chongqing, China)
  2. () Changshou (a town in Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China)
  3. (社區) Changshou (a residential community of Changshou, Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China)
  4. () Changshou (a village in Changshou, Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China)
  5. (historical) era names (692–694, 769–779)