祝寿
zhù shòu · to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person)
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 祝寿
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
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Words with the same characters
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to celebrate
祝zhùsurname Zhu; to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies
祝贺zhùhèto congratulate; congratulations; CL:個|个[ge4]
长寿chángshòulongevity; long-lived; see 長壽區|长寿区[Chang2 shou4 Qu1]
寿命shòumìnglife span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)
祝福zhùfúblessings; to wish sb well