壽 — Cantonese Dictionary

壽

sau6

Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[long-life]]

Definitions

1 [[long-life]]
2 sauh 壽 — foolish.
3 sauh jái 壽仔 — a fool, an idiot.
4 sauh sing gūng 壽星公 — [the god of long life] the "birthday boy", the one celebrating his birthday.
5 sauh sing gūng diu géng 壽星公掉頸 — [the god of longevity hangs himself → weary of his long life] to tempt disaster, to take a big risk.
6 sauh sing jái 壽星仔 — the "birthday boy", the one celebrating his birthday; a fool, an idiot, a foolish boy (gwdl 27, 24).