銀髮

See also: 銀髪 and 银发

Chinese

		silver; money	hair
trad. (銀髮)		銀	髮
simp. (银发)		银	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yínfà, yínfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴ faat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gîn-hoat / gûn-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yínfà
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yínfà
    • Wade–Giles: yin²-fa⁴
    • Yale: yín-fà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynfah
    • Palladius: иньфа (inʹfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ fä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yínfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yínfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: yin²-fa³
    • Yale: yín-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynfaa
    • Palladius: иньфа (inʹfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngan⁴ faat³
    • Yale: ngàhn faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹ faːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gîn-hoat / gûn-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: gîn-huat / gûn-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ginhoad, gunhoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡin²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/, /ɡun²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡin²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵/, /ɡun²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡin¹³⁻²² huat̚³²/, /ɡun¹³⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡin²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/, /ɡun²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡin²³⁻³³ huat̚³²/, /ɡun²³⁻³³ huat̚³²/

Noun

銀髮

1. silver hair; hoary head
2. (metonymically) elderly

Coordinate terms

• 白髮／白发 (báifà)
• 紅髮／红发 (hóngfà)
• 金髮／金发 (jīnfà)
• 黑髮／黑发 (hēifà)

 

Derived terms

• 銀髮族／银发族
• 銀髮產業／银发产业

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (銀髮):

• → Japanese: 銀髪(ぎんぱつ) (ginpatsu)
• → Korean: 은발(銀髮) (eunbal)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
銀	髮
ぎん Grade: 3	はつ > ぱつ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 銀髮 – see the following entry.

【銀髪ぎんぱつ】 [noun] silver hair

(This term, 銀髮, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
銀	髮

Noun

銀髮 • (eunbal) (hangeul 은발)

1. Hanja form^? of 은발 (“silver hair”).