皓首

Chinese

		white	head
simp. and trad. (皓首)		皓	首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàoshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁶ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàoshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàoshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴-shou³
    • Yale: hàu-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawshoou
    • Palladius: хаошоу (xaošou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁶ sau²
    • Yale: houh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²² sɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

皓首

1. (literary, literally) hoary head; white hair
2. (literary, figurative) old age

Synonyms

• (hoary head): 白頭／白头 (báitóu)
• (old age):

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