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HSK 5
寿
壽
shòu
1.
long life
2.
old age
3.
age
4.
life
5.
birthday
6.
funerary
Very Common • Top 5%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
寿险
shòuxiǎn
life insurance
寿面
shòumiàn
birthday noodles (for longevity)
汉寿
Hànshòu
Hanshou county in Changde [[常德<Chángdé>]], Hunan
阳寿
yángshòu
predestined life-span
永寿
Yǒngshòu
Yongshou County in Xianyang [[咸陽|咸阳<Xiányáng>]], Shaanxi
年寿
niánshòu
length of life
延寿
Yánshòu
Yanshou county in Harbin [[哈爾濱|哈尔滨<Hāěrbīn>]], Heilongjiang
陈寿
ChénShòu
Western Jin dynasty [[西晋]] historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms [[三國志|三国志]]
拜寿
bàishòu
congratulate an elderly person on his birthday
折寿
zhéshòu
to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc)
寿光
Shòuguāng
Shouguang county level city in Weifang [[濰坊|潍坊<Wéifāng>]], Shandong
灵寿
Língshòu
Lingshou county in Shijiazhuang [[石家莊|石家庄<Shíjiāzhuāng>]], Hebei
寿司
shòusī
sushi
寿命
shòumìng
life span
寿堂
shòutáng
mourning hall
寿宁
Shòuníng
Shouning county in Ningde [[寧德|宁德<Níngdé>]], Fujian
仁寿
Rénshòu
Renshou County in Meishan [[眉山市<MéishānShì>]], Sichuan
寿带
shòudài
(Chinese bird species) Asian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)
寿数
shòushu
predestined length of life
长寿
chángshòu
longevity
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,614
- Word Frequency Rank
- 4,300 of 84,292