七老八十

Chinese

		seven	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	eight	ten
trad. (七老八十)		七	老	八	十
simp. ^#(七老八十)		七	老	八	十

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīlǎobāshí

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄚㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ lou⁵ baat³ sap⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chhit-lāu-poeh-cha̍p

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qīlǎobāshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄚㄕˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chilaobashy
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cilǎobashíh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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 päːt̚³ sɐp̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit-lāu-poeh-cha̍p
  - Tâi-lô: tshit-lāu-pueh-tsa̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chitlauxpoehzap
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰit̚³²⁻⁴ lau³³⁻¹¹ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sap̚⁴/

Idiom

七老八十

very old; in one's old age

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 七老八老

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