白頭偕老

See also: 白头偕老

Chinese

		hoary head; white hair; whitehead	to live together to a ripe old age; to grow old together
trad. (白頭偕老)		白頭	偕老
simp. (白头偕老)		白头	偕老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báitóuxiélǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ tau⁴ gaai¹ lou⁵
Min Nan (POJ): pe̍k-thiô-kai-nó͘ / pe̍h-thiô-kai-nó͘ / pe̍k-thâu-kai-nó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: báitóuxiélǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtourshyelao
  - IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ɕjɛ³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ tau⁴ gaai¹ lou⁵
  - Yale: baahk tàuh gāai lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ tau⁴ gaai¹ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ teo⁴ gai¹ lou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /päːk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ käːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-thiô-kai-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: pi̍k-thiô-kai-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pegtioi'kainor
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɤ²³⁻³³ kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰio²⁴⁻¹¹ kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-thiô-kai-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-thiô-kai-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqtioi'kainor
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰio²⁴⁻¹¹ kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰiɤ²³⁻³³ kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-thâu-kai-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: pi̍k-thâu-kai-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pegtau'kainor
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰaʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰaʊ²³⁻³³ kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁴¹/

Idiom

白頭偕老

(said of a couple) to live together until the white hairs of old age; to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss until death do us part; to remain happily married to a ripe old age

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