白髮人送黑髮人
Chinese
| white hair; elderly; senior | man; person; people | to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present) to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present); to present (with); to see off; to send |
black hair | man; person; people | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (白髮人送黑髮人) | 白髮 | 人 | 送 | 黑髮 | 人 | |
| simp. (白发人送黑发人) | 白发 | 人 | 送 | 黑发 | 人 | |
| Literally: “white-haired person seeing off black-haired person (in a funeral)”. | ||||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): báifàrén sòng hēifàrén, báifǎrén sòng hēifǎrén
- (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄟ ㄈㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄟ ㄈㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: báifàrén sòng hēifàrén
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄟ ㄈㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: báifàrén sòng heifàrén
- Wade–Giles: pai2-fa4-jên2 sung4 hei1-fa4-jên2
- Yale: bái-fà-rén sùng hēi-fà-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfahren sonq heifahren
- Palladius: байфажэнь сун хэйфажэнь (bajfažɛnʹ sun xɛjfažɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ sʊŋ⁵¹ xeɪ̯⁵⁵ fä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: báifǎrén sòng hēifǎrén
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄟ ㄈㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: báifǎrén sòng heifǎrén
- Wade–Giles: pai2-fa3-jên2 sung4 hei1-fa3-jên2
- Yale: bái-fǎ-rén sùng hēi-fǎ-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfaaren sonq heifaaren
- Palladius: байфажэнь сун хэйфажэнь (bajfažɛnʹ sun xɛjfažɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ sʊŋ⁵¹ xeɪ̯⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
Phrase
白髮人送黑髮人
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 白髮人送黑髮人 (“(of an old person) to see one's child die earlier than oneself”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 白髮人送黑髮人 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 白髮人送黑髮人 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 白頭人送黑頭人 |