垂暮之年

Chinese

		evening; old age	's; him/her/it; this	year
trad. (垂暮之年)		垂暮	之	年
simp. #(垂暮之年)		垂暮	之	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuímùzhīnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄓ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁴ mou⁶ zi¹ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuímùzhīnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄓ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuéimùjhihnián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui²-mu⁴-chih¹-nien²
    • Yale: chwéi-mù-jr̄-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweimuhjynian
    • Palladius: чуймучжинянь (čujmučžinjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ mu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁴ mou⁶ zi¹ nin⁴
    • Yale: sèuih mouh jī nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ mou⁶ dzi¹ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ mou⁶ ji¹ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ mou̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵ niːn²¹/

Idiom

垂暮之年

1. remaining years (of a person's life); old age; twilight years