食老

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (食老)		食	老
simp. #(食老)		食	老
alternative forms		噍老 吃老

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-lāu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-lāu
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-lāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqlau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lau³³/

Noun

食老

1. (Southern Min) old age

Synonyms

• 夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
• 尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 晚年 (wǎnnián)
• 暮年 (mùnián)
• 白頭／白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
• 皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
• 老年 (lǎonián)
• 老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
• 衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
• 遲暮／迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
• 餘年／余年 (yúnián)

 

Derived terms

• 少年袂曉想，食老毋成樣／少年袂晓想，食老毋成样 (siàu-liân bē-hiáu siūⁿ, chia̍h-lāu m̄-chiâⁿ-iūⁿ)