白髮人送黑髮人

Chinese

		white hair; elderly; senior	man; person; people	to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present) to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present); to present (with); to see off; to send	black hair	man; person; people
trad. (白髮人送黑髮人)		白髮	人	送	黑髮	人
simp. (白发人送黑发人)		白发	人	送	黑发	人
Literally: “white-haired person seeing off black-haired person (in a funeral)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báifàrén sòng hēifàrén, báifǎrén sòng hēifǎrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄟ ㄈㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄟ ㄈㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báifàrén sòng hēifàrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄟ ㄈㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báifàrén sòng heifàrén
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-fa⁴-jên² sung⁴ hei¹-fa⁴-jên²
    • Yale: bái-fà-rén sùng hēi-fà-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfahren sonq heifahren
    • Palladius: байфажэнь сун хэйфажэнь (bajfažɛnʹ sun xɛjfažɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ sʊŋ⁵¹ xeɪ̯⁵⁵ fä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báifǎrén sòng hēifǎrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄟ ㄈㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báifǎrén sòng heifǎrén
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-fa³-jên² sung⁴ hei¹-fa³-jên²
    • Yale: bái-fǎ-rén sùng hēi-fǎ-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfaaren sonq heifaaren
    • Palladius: байфажэнь сун хэйфажэнь (bajfažɛnʹ sun xɛjfažɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ sʊŋ⁵¹ xeɪ̯⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/

Phrase

白髮人送黑髮人

1. (of an old person) to see one's child die earlier than oneself

Synonyms

• 白頭人送黑頭人／白头人送黑头人 (báitóu rén sòng hēitóu rén)