壽比南山

Chinese

		(long) life	side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	Zhongnan Mountains
trad. (壽比南山)		壽	比	南山
simp. (寿比南山)		寿	比	南山
Literally: “[One's] life is as long-lasting as the Zhongnan Mountains”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shòubǐnánshān

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ bei² naam⁴ saan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): su-pí-nàm-sân
Min Nan (POJ): siū-pí-Lâm-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shòubǐnánshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shòubǐnánshan
  - Wade–Giles: shou⁴-pi³-nan²-shan¹
  - Yale: shòu-bǐ-nán-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showbiinanshan
  - Palladius: шоубинаньшань (šoubinanʹšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ nän³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau⁶ bei² naam⁴ saan¹
  - Yale: sauh béi nàahm sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ bei² naam⁴ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ béi² nam⁴ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² pei̯³⁵ naːm²¹ saːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su-pí-nàm-sân
  - Hakka Romanization System: su bi` namˇ san´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su⁴ bi³ nam² san¹
  - Sinological IPA: /su⁵⁵ pi³¹ nam¹¹ san²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-pí-Lâm-san
  - Tâi-lô: siū-pí-Lâm-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siuxpylamsafn
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu³³⁻¹¹ pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lam²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu³³⁻²¹ pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lam²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Idiom

壽比南山

Long may you live!

Synonyms

福如東海，壽比南山／福如东海，寿比南山 (fúrúdōnghǎi, shòubǐnánshān)

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