返老還童

Chinese

		to return (to)	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	to be rejuvenated; to become young again
trad. (返老還童)		返	老	還童
simp. (返老还童)		返	老	还童
alternative forms		反老還童／反老还童

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎnlǎohuántóng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² lou⁵ waan⁴ tung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnlǎohuántóng [Phonetic: fánlǎohuántóng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnlǎohuántóng
  - Wade–Giles: fan³-lao³-huan²-tʻung²
  - Yale: fǎn-lǎu-hwán-túng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanlaohwantorng
  - Palladius: фаньлаохуаньтун (fanʹlaoxuanʹtun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan² lou⁵ waan⁴ tung⁴
  - Yale: fáan lóuh wàahn tùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan² lou⁵ waan⁴ tung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan² lou⁵ wan⁴ tung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ lou̯¹³ waːn²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

返老還童

to recover one's youthful vigour; to become young again; to become rejuvenated in one's old age

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