蒼老

蒼老

Chinese

		dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (蒼老)		蒼	老
simp. (苍老)		苍	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cānglǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ lou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cānglǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: canglǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-lao³
    • Yale: tsāng-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsanglao
    • Palladius: цанлао (canlao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong¹ lou⁵
    • Yale: chōng lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/

Adjective

蒼老

1. (of a person's voice or appearance) showing signs of aging
2. (of a painting or calligraphic style) vigorous

Synonyms

• (showing signs of aging):

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下架 (Xiang) 垂老 (chuílǎo) (literary) 年歲大 (niánsuì dà) 年紀大／年纪大 (niánjì dà) 年老 (niánlǎo)

老 (lǎo) 老大 (lǎodà) (literary) 衰老 (shuāilǎo) (senile) 年長／年长 (niánzhǎng) 老邁／老迈 (lǎomài) (senile)

• (vigorous):

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雄健而老練/雄健而老练 (xióngjiàn ér lǎoliàn) 蒼勁／苍劲 (cāngjìng)

蒼潤／苍润 (cāngrùn)