七老八十

Chinese

		seven	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	eighty
trad. (七老八十)		七	老	八十
simp. #(七老八十)		七	老	八十

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīlǎobāshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄚ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ lou⁵ baat³ sap⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhit-lāu-poeh-cha̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīlǎobāshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄚ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cilǎobashíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-lao³-pa¹-shih²
    • Yale: chī-lǎu-bā-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chilaobashyr
    • Palladius: цилаобаши (cilaobaši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cat¹ lou⁵ baat³ sap⁶
    • Yale: chāt lóuh baat sahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ lou⁵ baat⁸ sap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ lou⁵ bad³ seb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ lou̯¹³ paːt̚³ sɐp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit-lāu-poeh-cha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: tshit-lāu-pueh-tsa̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chitlauxpoehzap
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ lau³³⁻¹¹ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sap̚⁴/

Idiom

七老八十

1. very old; in one's old age

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 七老八老