老少咸宜

Chinese

		the young and the old	to be suitable for anything or anyone
trad. (老少咸宜)		老少	咸宜
simp. #(老少咸宜)		老少	咸宜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoshàoxiányí

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ siu³ haam⁴ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoshàoxiányí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshàosiányí
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-shao⁴-hsien²-i²
    • Yale: lǎu-shàu-syán-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshawshyanyi
    • Palladius: лаошаосяньи (laošaosjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ siu³ haam⁴ ji⁴
    • Yale: lóuh siu hàahm yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ siu³ haam⁴ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ xiu³ ham⁴ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ siːu̯³³ haːm²¹ jiː²¹/

Idiom

老少咸宜

1. suitable for young and old