偕老

Chinese

		in company with	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (偕老)		偕	老
simp. #(偕老)		偕	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiélǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹ lou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kai-ló / kai-nó͘

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• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (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

1. 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) 

1. growing old together