衰老

Chinese

		weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (衰老)		衰	老
simp. ^#(衰老)		衰	老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuāilǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹ lou⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soe-nó͘ / soe-ló

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuāilǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuailǎo
  - Wade–Giles: shuai¹-lao³
  - Yale: shwāi-lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuailao
  - Palladius: шуайлао (šuajlao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi¹ lou⁵
  - Yale: sēui lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: sue-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soenor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sue³³ nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe-ló
  - Tâi-lô: sue-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soeloir
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sue⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/

Adjective

衰老

senile

Synonyms

下架 (xia⁵ jia⁴) (Xiang)
垂老 (chuílǎo) (literary)
年歲大 / 年岁大 (niánsuì dà)
年紀大 / 年纪大 (niánjì dà)
年老 (niánlǎo)
年長 / 年长 (niánzhǎng)
老 (lǎo)
老大 (lǎodà) (literary)
老邁 / 老迈 (lǎomài) (senile)
蒼老 / 苍老 (cānglǎo)

Verb

衰老

to become senile
我想她是衰老了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Wǒ xiǎng tā shì shuāilǎo le. [Pinyin]
I think she's going senile.

Noun

衰老

senility
延緩衰老／延缓衰老 ― yánhuǎn shuāilǎo ― to delay senility