黃髮兒齒
Chinese
| old person; the old; the elderly | new tooth of an elderly person that grows back | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (黃髮兒齒) | 黃髮 | 兒齒 | |
| simp. (黄发儿齿) | 黄发 | 儿齿 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huángfà'érchǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄦˊ ㄔˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huángfà-érchǐh
- Wade–Giles: huang2-fa4-êrh2-chʻih3
- Yale: hwáng-fà-ér-chř
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangfaherlchyy
- Palladius: хуанфаэрчи (xuanfaerči)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ fä⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huángfǎ'érchǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄦˊ ㄔˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huángfǎ-érchǐh
- Wade–Giles: huang2-fa3-êrh2-chʻih3
- Yale: hwáng-fǎ-ér-chř
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangfaaerlchyy
- Palladius: хуанфаэрчи (xuanfaerči)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
Idiom
黃髮兒齒
- (literary) to be old and long-lived
- 宜大夫庶士、邦國是有。既多受祉、黃髮兒齒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yí dàfū shù shì, bāngguó shì yǒu. Jì duō shòu zhǐ, huángfà'érchǐ. [Pinyin]
- With his excellent ministers and all his [other] officers.
Our region and State shall he hold,
Thus receiving many blessings,
To hoary hair, and with teeth ever renewed like a child's.
宜大夫庶士、邦国是有。既多受祉、黄发儿齿。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]