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

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 (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sue⁴¹/

Verb

守歲

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

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 守年
(Xinzhou Jin) 熬年

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