白頭翁

白頭翁

See also: 白头翁

Chinese

		hoary head; white hair; whitehead	elderly person
trad. (白頭翁)		白頭	翁
simp. (白头翁)		白头	翁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báitóuwēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ tau⁴ jung¹
• Min Nan (POJ): pe̍h-thâu-ong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báitóuwēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báitóuwong
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-tʻou²-wêng¹
    • Yale: bái-tóu-wēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtourueng
    • Palladius: байтоувэн (bajtouvɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ wəŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ tau⁴ jung¹
    • Yale: baahk tàuh yūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ tau⁴ jung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ teo⁴ yung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ jʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-thâu-ong
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-thâu-ong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqtau'ofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰau²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

白頭翁

1. light-vented bulbul; Chinese bulbul; grey starling
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of Chinese pulsatilla (herb for killing sperm and parasites)
3. white-haired elderly man

Synonyms

• (light-vented bulbul): 白頭鵯／白头鹎 (báitóubēi); (Hakka) 白頭公仔／白头公仔; (Min Nan) 白頭鵠／白头鹄, 白頭鵠仔／白头鹄仔

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	頭	翁
はく Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2	おう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) はくと​ーおー [hàkútóꜜòòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝto̞ːo̞ː]

Noun

白(はく)頭(とう)翁(おう) • (hakutōō) ^{←はくとうをう (fakutouwou)?}

1. gray-haired old man
2. anemone; windflower
3. white-cheeked starling; grey starling

Synonyms

• (grey starling): 椋鳥 (ムクドリ, ​mukudori)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN