童顏鶴髮

Chinese

		youthful face of an old person	white hair
trad. (童顏鶴髮)		童顏	鶴髮
simp. (童颜鹤发)		童颜	鹤发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngyánhèfà, tóngyánhèfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄜˋ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄜˋ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ ngaan⁴ hok⁶ faat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngyánhèfà
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄜˋ ㄈㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngyánhèfà
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-yen²-ho⁴-fa⁴
    • Yale: túng-yán-hè-fà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngyanhehfah
    • Palladius: тунъяньхэфа (tunʺjanʹxɛfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵ xɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngyánhèfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄜˋ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngyánhèfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-yen²-ho⁴-fa³
    • Yale: túng-yán-hè-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngyanhehfaa
    • Palladius: тунъяньхэфа (tunʺjanʹxɛfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵ xɤ⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ ngaan⁴ hok⁶ faat³
    • Yale: tùhng ngàahn hohk faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ ngaan⁴ hok⁹ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ ngan⁴ hog⁶ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ ŋaːn²¹ hɔːk̚² faːt̚³/

Idiom

童顏鶴髮

1. white hair and ruddy complexion; healthy in old age; hale and hearty

Synonyms

• 鶴髮童顏／鹤发童颜 (hèfàtóngyán)