不老

Chinese

	not; no	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (不老)	不	老
simp. ^#(不老)	不	老
anagram	老不

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùlǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bat¹ lou⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): but² lau²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): put-ló

(Meixian, Guangdong): bud⁵ lau³
Northern Min (KCR): bŭ-lǎu
Eastern Min (BUC): bók-lō̤
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ lao²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷peq-lau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùlǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùlǎo
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lao³
  - Yale: bù-lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bulao
  - Palladius: булао (bulao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ lou⁵
  - Yale: bāt lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ lou̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: but² lau²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /put̚⁵⁵ lau⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-ló
  - Hakka Romanization System: bud^ˋ lo^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ lo³
  - Sinological IPA: /put̚² lo³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bud⁵ lau³
  - Sinological IPA: /put̚¹ lau³¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bŭ-lǎu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²⁴ lau²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bók-lō̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ l̃o³³/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bug⁴ lao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk láu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ lau⁵²⁻²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷peq-lau
  - MiniDict: peh^入 lau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴peq-lau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pəʔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

不老

(literary) eternal youth; immortality

Derived terms

寶刀不老 / 宝刀不老 (bǎodāobùlǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	老
ふ Grade: 4	ろう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふろー [fùróó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɾo̞ː]

Noun

不(ふ)老(ろう) • (furō) ^{←ふらう (furau)^?}

eternal youth

Derived terms

不老長寿(ふろうちょうじゅ) (furōchōju): eternal youth and longevity
不老不死(ふろうふし) (furōfushi): eternal youth and immortality
不老門(ふろうもん) (furōmon)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
不	老

Noun

不老 • (bullo) (hangeul 불로)

hanja form^? of 불로 (“eternal youth”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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