粵

享hoeng2年nin4

hoeng2 nin4xiǎng nián

English

  1. to live to the (ripe) age of
  2. (polite) (of the deceased, especially old people) to die at the age of; to live to the age of

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 表述死者享有嘅壽命嘅敬語

Examples

  • 佢上星期五喺醫院病逝,享年八十九歲。

    He died in hospital at the age of 89 last Friday.

  • 他享年54岁。

    He died when he was 54 years old.

    Tatoeba · bigfatpanda CC BY

  • 1955年她的癌症复發,她1956年去世,享年42歲。

    In 1955, the cancer returned and she died in 1956 at the age of 42.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

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

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