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告老還鄉
Language
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Edit
Chinese
edit
to
retire
on account of
age
to
return
to one's
hometown
; to return
home
; to
retire
from
public
life
trad.
(
告老還鄉
)
告老
還鄉
simp.
(
告老还乡
)
告老
还乡
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
gàolǎohuánxiāng
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄍㄠˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
gou
3
lou
5
waan
4
hoeng
1
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
gàolǎohuánxiāng
Zhuyin
:
ㄍㄠˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
gàolǎohuánsiang
Wade–Giles
:
kao
4
-lao
3
-huan
2
-hsiang
1
Yale
:
gàu-lǎu-hwán-syāng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
gawlaohwanshiang
Palladius
:
гаолаохуаньсян
(gaolaoxuanʹsjan)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/kɑʊ̯⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
gou
3
lou
5
waan
4
hoeng
1
Yale
:
gou lóuh wàahn h
ē
ung
Cantonese Pinyin
:
gou
3
lou
5
waan
4
hoeng
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
gou
3
lou
5
wan
4
hêng
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/kou̯³³ lou̯¹³ waːn
²¹
hœːŋ
⁵⁵
/
Idiom
edit
告老還鄉
(
of an official
)
to
retire
and
return
to one's
native
place