食老

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (食老)		食	老
simp. ^#(食老)		食	老
alternative forms		噍老吃老

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): chia̍h-lāu

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-lāu
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-lāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqlau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lau²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lau²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lau³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lau³³/

Noun

食老

(Min Nan) old age

Synonyms

Synonyms of 食老

尾梢 (Min Nan)
晚年 (wǎnnián)
暮年 (mùnián)
皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
老年 (lǎonián)
老年期 (lǎoniánqī)

衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
白頭／白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
遲暮／迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
餘年／余年 (yúnián)

Derived terms

少年袂曉想，食老毋成樣／少年袂晓想，食老毋成样 (siàu-liân bē-hiáu siūⁿ, chia̍h-lāu m̄-chiâⁿ-iūⁿ)

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