皓首

Chinese

		white	head
simp. and trad. (皓首)		皓	首

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hàoshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁶ sau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hàoshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hàoshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: hao⁴-shou³
  - Yale: hàu-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawshoou
  - Palladius: хаошоу (xaošou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou⁶ sau²
  - Yale: houh sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²² sɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

皓首

(literary, literally) hoary head; white hair
(literary, figurative) old age

Synonyms

(hoary head): 白頭／白头 (báitóu)
(old age):

夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
晚年 (wǎnnián)
暮年 (mùnián)
白頭／白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
老年 (lǎonián)
老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
遲暮／迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Hokkien)
餘年／余年 (yúnián)

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