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ㄕㄡˋ [shou4. [Var. ; pop. ]Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
N(1)  Age of person: [shou4ming4]↓;
longevity;
比南山 formula of birthday congratulations (“may you live as long as the southern mountain”--allu.);
以介眉 (AC) to pray for long life;
終正寢 pass away peacefully;
保險 life insurance.
(2)  Birthday celebration: 誕,[shou4dan4], [shou4chen2]↓;
酒,麵 birthday wine, noodles;
[shou4tao2]↓;
星,[shou4xing1], [shou4po2]↓;
,上 to drink a toast to long life.
(3)  Burial or having to do with burial: 板,器,[shou4ban3], [shou4qi4], [shou4yi1]↓.
(4)  A surname.
V(1)  To toast to one's long life: 祝,為某人祝 ditto.
(2)  To bring long life and blessings to people: 世 (said of doctors);
民 (AC) to bring benefits to the people.
Words1.板 [shou4ban3], n., coffin. 
2.辰 [shou4chen2], n., birthday: 五十辰 fiftieth birthday. 
3.器 [shou4qi4], n., (euphem.) coffin, oft. bought and kept during one's lifetime. 
4.誕 [shou4dan4], n., birthday anniversary. 
5.紀 [shou4ji4], n., person's age. 
6.豈 [shou4kai3], adj., (AC) enjoying long life and happiness (豈 u.f. 愷 happiness, harmony). 
7.考 [shou4kao3], n., long life. 
8.命 [shou4ming4], n., person's life span: 命不長 (will) die young. 
9.母 [shou4mu3], n., (AC) aged mother. 
10.屏 [shou4ping2], n., birthday scrolls on which are written congratulatory messages or poems; a folding screen, engraved with many forms of the letter
11.婆 [shou4po2], n., wife of [shou4xing1]↓. 
12.險 [shou4xian3], n., short for 人保險 life insurance. 
13.星 [shou4xing1], n., (1)  (court.) person whose birthday is being celebrated; (2)  the god of longevity (sp. pr. [shou4xing0]) (also called 星老兒) distinguished by having abnormally high forehead. 
14.數 [shou4shu4], n., person's destined age. 
15.穴 [shou4xUe4], n., graveyard built during one's lifetime. 
16.序 [shou1xU4], n., (LL) message of congratulations on birthday. 
17.算 [shou1suan4], n., see [shou4shu4]↑. 
18.桃 [shou4tao2], n., birthday peach; peach-colored breadroll associated with birthday dinner. 
19.頭 [shou4tou2], n., (Shanghai dial.) a nitwit, a sucker. 
20.材 [shou4cai2], n., coffin made during one's lifetime. 
21.藏 [shou4zang4], n., (AC) graveyard, see [shou4xUe4]↑. 
22.文 [shou4wen2], n., message of birthday congratulations. 
23.衣 [shou4yi1], n., burial costume prepared during lifetime. 
24.域 [shou4yU4], n., (LL) burial place.