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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍k-thô͘-kai-ló / pe̍k-thiô-kai-nó͘ / pe̍h-thiô-kai-nó͘ / pe̍k-thâu-kai-nó͘ / pe̍h-thâu-kai-ló

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁸ tao⁵ hai⁵ lao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báitóuxiélǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báitóusiélǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-tʻou²-hsieh²-lao³
    • Yale: bái-tóu-syé-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtourshyelao
    • Palladius: байтоуселао (bajtouselao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ tau⁴ gaai¹ lou⁵
    • Yale: baahk tàuh gāai lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ tau⁴ gaai¹ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ teo⁴ gai¹ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-thô͘-kai-ló
    • Tâi-lô: pi̍k-thôo-kai-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pegto'kailoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰɔ²⁴ kai⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/
  • (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 kai⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰio²⁴ kai⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-thiô-kai-nó͘
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-thiô-kai-nóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqtioi'kainor
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰiɤ²³ kai⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰio²⁴ kai⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁵³/
  • (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 tʰau²⁴ kai⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²³ kai⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-thâu-kai-ló
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-thâu-kai-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqtau'kailoir
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴ kai⁴⁴⁻³³ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²³ kai⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêh⁸ tao⁵ hai⁵ lao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h thâu hâi láu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ⁴⁻² tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lau⁵²/

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