白髮蒼蒼

Chinese

		white hair; elderly; senior	dark green; luxuriantly green; ash white
trad. (白髮蒼蒼)		白髮	蒼蒼
simp. (白发苍苍)		白发	苍苍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báifà cāngcāng, báifǎ cāngcāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄘㄤ ㄘㄤ, ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄘㄤ ㄘㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ faat³ cong¹ cong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báifà cāngcāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄘㄤ ㄘㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báifà cangcang
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-fa⁴ tsʻang¹-tsʻang¹
    • Yale: bái-fà tsāng-tsāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfah tsangtsang
    • Palladius: байфа цанцан (bajfa cancan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä⁵¹ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báifǎ cāngcāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄘㄤ ㄘㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báifǎ cangcang
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-fa³ tsʻang¹-tsʻang¹
    • Yale: bái-fǎ tsāng-tsāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfaa tsangtsang
    • Palladius: байфа цанцан (bajfa cancan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ faat³ cong¹ cong¹
    • Yale: baahk faat chōng chōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ faat⁸ tsong¹ tsong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ fad³ cong¹ cong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² faːt̚³ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

白髮蒼蒼

1. hoary; white-haired