偕老

Chinese

		in company with	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
simp. and trad. (偕老)		偕	老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiélǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹ lou⁵
Min Nan (POJ): kai-nó͘ / kai-ló

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiélǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyelao
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaai¹ lou⁵
  - Yale: gāai lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: gai¹ lou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /käːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: kai-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kainor
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-ló
  - Tâi-lô: kai-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kailoir
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹/

Verb

偕老

to live together to a ripe old age; to grow old together (used in blessing newly-weds)

Derived terms

君子偕老
期頤偕老／期颐偕老

白頭偕老／白头偕老 (báitóuxiélǎo)
百年偕老

Japanese

Kanji in this term
偕	老
かい Hyōgaiji	ろう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ka̠iɾo̞ː]

Noun

偕老 (hiragana かいろう, rōmaji kairō)

growing old together

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