碧眼童顏

碧眼童顏

See also: 碧眼童颜

Chinese

FWOTD – 1 July 2017

		green eyes	youthful face of an old person
trad. (碧眼童顏)		碧眼	童顏
simp. (碧眼童颜)		碧眼	童颜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìyǎntóngyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ ngaan⁵ tung⁴ ngaan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìyǎntóngyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìyǎntóngyán
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-yen³-tʻung²-yen²
    • Yale: bì-yǎn-túng-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihyeantorngyan
    • Palladius: бияньтунъянь (bijanʹtunʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ ngaan⁵ tung⁴ ngaan⁴
    • Yale: bīk ngáahn tùhng ngàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ ngaan⁵ tung⁴ ngaan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ ngan⁵ tung⁴ ngan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³ tʰʊŋ²¹ ŋaːn²¹/

Idiom

碧眼童顏

1. Describes a person who is old, but still has a youthful face.

   • 遇一老人，碧眼童顏，手執藜杖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     遇一老人，碧眼童颜，手执藜杖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Yù yī lǎorén, bìyǎntóngyán, shǒu zhí lízhàng. [Pinyin]

     He came across an old man; the old man had a youthful countenance, and was carrying a walking stick fashioned from the hardened stalk of a goosefoot plant.