徐娘半老

Chinese

		elderly woman whose beauty is fading	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (徐娘半老)		徐娘	半	老
simp. #(徐娘半老)		徐娘	半	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúniángbànlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ noeng⁴ bun³ lou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúniángbànlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúniángbànlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsü²-niang²-pan⁴-lao³
    • Yale: syú-nyáng-bàn-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuniangbannlao
    • Palladius: сюйнянбаньлао (sjujnjanbanʹlao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵ pän⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi⁴ noeng⁴ bun³ lou⁵
    • Yale: chèuih nèuhng bun lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ noeng⁴ bun³ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ nêng⁴ bun³ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ nœːŋ²¹ puːn³³ lou̯¹³/

Idiom

徐娘半老

1. attractive middle-aged woman

Synonyms

• 半老徐娘 (bànlǎoxúniáng)