粵

長coeng4命meng6百baak3歲seoi3

simp长命百岁
coeng4 meng6 baak3 seoi3cháng mìng bǎi suì

English

  1. (idiom) to live to be a hundred years old (often used as a blessing or wish for longevity)
  2. to live a long life
  3. used to wish someone longevity; literally: long live till 100 years old

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 祝人長壽嘅語句

Examples

  • 祝你長命百歲,身體健康!

    Wish you longevity and health!

  • 你咁好人,老天爺會保佑你長命百歲㗎!

    What a good person you are. You would be blessed with a long life.

  • 祝你长命百岁!

    May you live long!

    Tatoeba · gumblex CC BY

  • 想長命百歲有一個萬無一失的方法:每天吃一顆獅子頭,吃一百年。

    There's one surefire way to live to a ripe old age: eat a meatball a day for a hundred years.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

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

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