偕老

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiélǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹ lou⁵
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): kai-ló / kai-nó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiélǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siélǎo
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh²-lao³
  - Yale: syé-lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyelao
  - Palladius: селао (selao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaai¹ lou⁵
  - Yale: gāai lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: gai¹ lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-ló
  - Tâi-lô: kai-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kailoir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kai⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: kai-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kainor
  - IPA (Taipei): /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁴¹/

Verb

偕老

to live together to a ripe old age; to grow old together (used in blessing newly-weds)

Derived terms

君子偕老
期頤偕老／期颐偕老
白頭偕老／白头偕老 (báitóuxiélǎo)
百年偕老

Japanese

Kanji in this term
偕	老
かい Hyōgaiji	ろう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠iɾo̞ː]

Noun

偕(かい)老(ろう) • (kairō)

growing old together

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