粵

大daai6壽sau6

simp大寿
daai6 sau6dà shòu

English

  1. (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)
  2. noun; Big birthday, normally, a "big" birthday above 50 years old for every 10 year interval, i.e. 60th, 70th, etc
  3. birthday of an elderly

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 老人家嘅生日。但係通常都係整數歲數先慶祝,例如 60,70,80,如果再老啲嘅話年年慶祝都可以

Examples

  • 擺大壽

    to host a birthday ceremony for an elderly

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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