衰老

Chinese

		weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
simp. and trad. (衰老)		衰	老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuāilǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹ lou⁵
Min Nan (POJ): soe-nó͘ / soe-ló

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuāilǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞㄌㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuailao
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuailǎo
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂwaɪ̯⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi¹ lou⁵
  - Yale: sēui lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ lou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: sue-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soenor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sue³³ nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe-ló
  - Tâi-lô: sue-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soeloir
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sue⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/

Adjective

衰老

senile

Synonyms

垂老 (chuílǎo) (literary)
年歲大 (niánsuì dà)
年紀大 (niánjì dà)
年老 (niánlǎo)

年長／年长 (niánzhǎng)
老 (lǎo)
老大 (lǎodà) (literary)
老邁／老迈 (lǎomài) (senile)

Verb

衰老

to become senile
我想她是衰老了。 ― Wǒ xiǎng tā shì shuāilǎo le. ― I think she's going senile.

Noun

衰老

senility
延緩衰老 / 延缓衰老 ― yánhuǎn shuāilǎo ― to delay senility

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