半老徐娘

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	elderly woman whose beauty is fading
trad. (半老徐娘)		半	老	徐娘
simp. ^#(半老徐娘)		半	老	徐娘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànlǎoxúniáng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ lou⁵ ceoi⁴ noeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànlǎoxúniáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànlǎosyúniáng
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-lao³-hsü²-niang²
  - Yale: bàn-lǎu-syú-nyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannlaoshyuniang
  - Palladius: баньлаосюйнян (banʹlaosjujnjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ lou⁵ ceoi⁴ noeng⁴
  - Yale: bun lóuh chèuih nèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ lou⁵ tsoey⁴ noeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ lou⁵ cêu⁴ nêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ lou̯¹³ t͡ʃʰɵy̯²¹ nœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

半老徐娘

attractive middle-aged woman

Synonyms

徐娘半老 (xúniángbànlǎo)

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