白頭偕老

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

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• 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

1. (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