守歲

Chinese

		to guard	year; years old; (a measure word)
trad. (守歲)		守	歲
simp. (守岁)		守	岁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒusuì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² seoi³
Min Nan (POJ): siú-sòe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǒusuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoousuey
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² seoi³
  - Yale: sáu seui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² soey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² sêu³
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ sɵy̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-sòe
  - Tâi-lô: siú-suè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siwsoex
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sue⁴¹/

Verb

守歲

to stay up late or all night on New Year's Eve; to see the Old Year out and the New Year in

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 守年

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