壽終正寢

Chinese

		to die of old age
trad. (壽終正寢)		壽終	正寢
simp. (寿终正寝)		寿终	正寝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ zung¹ zing³ cam²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siū-chiong-chèng-chhím

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòujhongjhèngcǐn
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴-chung¹-chêng⁴-chʻin³
    • Yale: shòu-jūng-jèng-chǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showjongjenqchiin
    • Palladius: шоучжунчжэнцинь (šoučžunčžɛncinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau⁶ zung¹ zing³ cam²
    • Yale: sauh jūng jing chám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ dzung¹ dzing³ tsam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ zung¹ jing³ cem²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡sʰɐm³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-chiong-chèng-chhím
    • Tâi-lô: siū-tsiong-tsìng-tshím
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuxciongzeangchiem
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu³³⁻¹¹ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰim⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu³³⁻²¹ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰim⁴¹/

Idiom

壽終正寢

1. (euphemistic) to die at a ripe old age

Synonyms

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• 下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
• 上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
• 上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic)
• 不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
• 不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
• 不祿 / 不禄 (bùlù) (archaic, euphemistic, of military officers)
• 亡
• 亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
• 仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
• 仙遊 / 仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
• 作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
• 做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
• 傾世 / 倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
• 傾亡 / 倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
• 入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
• 凋謝 / 凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)
• 化去 (huàqù) (euphemistic)
• 升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
• 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
• 去世 (qùshì)
• 合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
• 喪亡 / 丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
• 喪命 / 丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
• 喪生 / 丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
• 嗚呼 / 呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
• 嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, dysphemistic)
• 嚥氣 / 咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
• 回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
• 圓寂 / 圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
• 失氣 / 失气 (shīqì) (literary)
• 安息 (ānxī) (euphemistic)
• 安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic)
• 小喇叭兒吹了 / 小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 就義 / 就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
• 崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 彈老三 / 弹老三 (Northern Wu, informal, humorous)
• 往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
• 忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
• 掛 / 挂 (guà) (slang, humorous)
• 故 (gù)
• 故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
• 故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
• 斃命 / 毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
• 早死 (zǎosǐ)
• 晏駕 / 晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
• 棄世 / 弃世 (qìshì) (literary)
• 歸天 / 归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
• 歸西 / 归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic)
• 歸道山 / 归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic)
• 死 (sǐ)
• 死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
• 死人 (sǐrén)
• 死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
• 死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
• 死翹翹 / 死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
• 死脫 / 死脱 (⁵shi-theq) (Wu)
• 殞 / 殒 (yǔn) (archaic)
• 氣絕 / 气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
• 永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
• 沒世 / 没世 (mòshì) (literary)
• 沉眠 (chénmián) (euphemistic)
• 消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
• 物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
• 狗帶 / 狗带 (gǒudài) (slang, neologism)
• 畢命 / 毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
• 病亡 (bìngwáng) (to die of illness)
• 病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
• 病死 (bìngsǐ) (to die of illness)
• 病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
• 瘐死 (yǔsǐ) (of deaths in prison)
• 百年歸老 / 百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
• 盡命 / 尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary, euphemistic)
• 終 / 终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds, euphemistic)
• 絕 / 绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
• 翹辮子 / 翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous)
• 老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
• 蒙主寵召 / 蒙主宠召 (méngzhǔchǒngzhào) (Christianity, euphemistic)
• 薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
• 薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
• 被難 / 被难 (bèinàn) (to be killed in a disaster, political incident, etc.)
• 見背 / 见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders)
• 見閻王 / 见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative)
• 見馬克思 / 见马克思 (jiàn Mǎkèsī) (communism, euphemistic)
• 謝世 / 谢世 (xièshì) (literary)
• 賓天 / 宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
• 走去踮 (Hokkien, euphemistic)
• 身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
• 辭世 / 辞世 (císhì) (literary)
• 辭塵 / 辞尘 (cíchén) (literary, euphemistic)
• 逝世 (shìshì)
• 進棺材 / 进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
• 過世 / 过世 (guòshì)
• 過去 / 过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
• 過往 / 过往 (Hokkien, Teochew, euphemistic)
• 過身 / 过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
• 過面 / 过面 (Hokkien)
• 長山賣鴨卵 / 长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic)
• 長眠 / 长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
• 閉眼 / 闭眼 (bìyǎn) (euphemistic)
• 隕落 / 陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic)
• 離世 / 离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)
• 駕崩 / 驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 駕鶴西去 / 驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù) (euphemistic)
• 駕鶴西遊 / 驾鹤西游 (jiàhèxīyóu) (euphemistic)
• 龍馭上賓 / 龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “壽終”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• “壽終正寢”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.