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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

大寿

dàshòu

(polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially…

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

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(polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 大寿 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 大寿 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

我们今年要给公公做八十大寿。wǒ men jīn nián yào gěi gōng gōng zuò bā shí dà shòu。

No published English translation for this sentence.

父亲迎来了他的七十大寿,但是他比我还有活力。fù qīn yíng lái le tā de qī shí dà shòu, dàn shì tā bǐ wǒ hái yǒu huó lì。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 大寿.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 大寿.

Directly before

  • 八十大寿1
  • 七十大寿1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 大寿

What does 大寿 mean in Chinese?

大寿 (dàshòu) means (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially….

How do you pronounce 大寿?

大寿 is pronounced dàshòu.

Is 大寿 an HSK word?

大寿 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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