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old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) | ||
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trad. (徐娘半老) | 徐娘 | 半 | 老 | |
simp. #(徐娘半老) | 徐娘 | 半 | 老 | |
anagram | 半老徐娘 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 徐娘半老
- the woman in her thirty-forties; be already in her middle age