人寿

人壽

rénshòu

noun #57,864

Meanings

1 human lifespan; long life
2 life insurance
3 China Life (insurance company)

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

我妈妈在人寿工作了二十年。

Wǒ māma zài Rénshòu gōngzuò le èrshí nián.

My mom has worked at China Life for twenty years.

HSK 5

这家公司主要卖人寿和健康保险。

Zhè jiā gōngsī zhǔyào mài rénshòu hé jiànkāng bǎoxiǎn.

This company mainly sells life and health insurance.

Tips

usage

人寿 "human lifespan" survives in the good wish 人寿年丰 (long lives and plentiful harvests). Today it is met mostly in insurance: 人寿保险 (life insurance), and insurers' names such as 中国人寿 (China Life), which people shorten to 人寿.

Stroke Order

人 rén

寿 shòu