徐娘半老

徐娘半老

Chinese

			half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
simp. and trad. (徐娘半老)		徐娘	半	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúniángbànlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ noeng⁴ bun³ lou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xúniángbànlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuniangbannlao
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúniángbànlǎo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy³⁵ njɑŋ³⁵ pän⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi⁴ noeng⁴ bun³ lou⁵
    • Yale: chèuih nèuhng bun lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ noeng⁴ bun³ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ nêng⁴ bun³ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵy̯²¹ nœ̽ːŋ²¹ puːn³³ lou̯¹³/

Idiom

徐娘半老

1. the woman in her thirty-forties; be already in her middle age