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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-sòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒusuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒusuèi
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-sui⁴
    • Yale: shǒu-swèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoousuey
    • Palladius: шоусуй (šousuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² seoi³
    • Yale: sáu seui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² soey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² sêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ sɵy̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-sòe
    • Tâi-lô: siú-suè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siwsoex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/

Verb

守歲

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

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 守年
• (Xinzhou Jin) 熬年

Related terms

• (Gregorian calendar) 跨年 (kuànián)