不老

不老

Chinese

		not; no	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
simp. and trad. (不老)		不	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): bat¹ lou⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): but² lau²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): put-ló

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bud⁵ lau³

• Min Bei (KCR): bŭ-lǎu
• Min Dong (BUC): bók-lō̤
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ lao²
• Wu (Wiktionary): peq lau (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bulao
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ lou⁵
    • Yale: bāt lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ lou⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ lou̯¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: but² lau²
    • IPA ^(key): /put̚⁵⁵ lau⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-ló
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` lo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ lo³
    • IPA: /put̚² lo³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bud⁵ lau³
    • IPA: /put̚¹ lau³¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bŭ-lǎu
    • IPA ^(key): /pu²⁴ lau²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bók-lō̤
    • IPA ^(key): /puʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ l̃o³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bug⁴ lao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk láu
    • IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ lau⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: peq lau (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /pəʔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

不老

1. eternal youth; immortality

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	老
ふ Grade: 4	ろう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ふろー [fùróó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ː]

Noun

不老 (hiragana ふろう, rōmaji furō, historical hiragana ふらう)

1. eternal youth

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 不 (ふ)老 (ろう)長 (ちょう)寿 (じゅ) (furōchōju): eternal youth and longevity
• 不 (ふ)老 (ろう)不 (ふ)死 (し) (furōfushi): eternal youth and immortality
• 不 (ふ)老 (ろう)門 (もん) (furōmon)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN