益壽

Chinese

		benefit; increase	(long) life
trad. (益壽)		益	壽
simp. (益寿)		益	寿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄕㄡˋ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìshòu
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-shou⁴
    • Yale: yì-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshow
    • Palladius: ишоу (išou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-su
    • Hakka Romanization System: id^ˋ su
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ su⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚² su⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-su
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id^ˋ su
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ su⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² su⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jiek dzyuwX|dzyuwH

Rime
Character	益	壽	壽
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	常 (25)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	伊昔切	殖酉切	承呪切
Baxter	'jiek	dzyuwX	dzyuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇk̚/	/d͡ʑɨuX/	/d͡ʑɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛk̚/	/d͡ʑiuX/	/d͡ʑiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæk̚/	/d͡ʑiəuX/	/d͡ʑiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiajk̚/	/d͡ʑuwX/	/d͡ʑuwH/
Li Rong	/ʔiɛk̚/	/ʑiuX/	/ʑiuH/
Wang Li	/ĭɛk̚/	/ʑĭəuX/	/ʑĭəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛk̚/	/ʑi̯ə̯uX/	/ʑi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi	shòu	shòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik1	sau6	sau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*q[i]k  [N-t]uʔ|[N-t]uʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qleɡ  djuʔ|djus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	益	壽	壽
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì	shòu	shòu
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjiek ›	‹ dzyuwX ›	‹ dzyuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*q[i]k/ (dialect: *-ik > *-ek)	/*[N-t]uʔ/	/*[N-t]uʔ-s/
English	increase	longevity	longevity
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	益	壽	壽
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	15081	11707	11709
Phonetic component	益	壽	壽
Rime group	錫	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	益	受	授
Old Chinese	/*qleɡ/	/*djuʔ/	/*djus/

Verb

益壽

1. to prolong life

Derived terms

• 延年益壽／延年益寿 (yánniányìshòu)
• 益壽延年／益寿延年 (yìshòuyánnián)