衰老

Chinese

		weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (衰老)		衰	老
simp. #(衰老)		衰	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuāilǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹ lou⁵

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soe-nó͘ / soe-ló

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuāilǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuailǎo
    • Wade–Giles: shuai¹-lao³
    • Yale: shwāi-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuailao
    • Palladius: шуайлао (šuajlao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹ lou⁵
    • Yale: sēui lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe-nó͘
    • Tâi-lô: sue-nóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soenor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue³³ nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe-ló
    • Tâi-lô: sue-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soeloir
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sue⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/

Adjective

衰老

1. senile

Synonyms

• 下架 (xia⁵ jia⁴) (Xiang)
• 垂老 (chuílǎo) (literary)
• 年歲大／年岁大 (niánsuì dà)
• 年紀大／年纪大 (niánjì dà)
• 年老 (niánlǎo)
• 年長／年长 (niánzhǎng)
• 老 (lǎo)
• 老大 (lǎodà) (literary)
• 老邁／老迈 (lǎomài) (senile)
• 蒼老／苍老 (cānglǎo)

 

Verb

衰老

1. to become senile

   我想她是衰老了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ xiǎng tā shì shuāilǎo le. [Pinyin]

   I think she's going senile.

Noun

衰老

1. senility

   延緩衰老／延缓衰老  ―  yánhuǎn shuāilǎo  ―  to delay senility