徐娘半老

Chinese

			half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
simp. and trad. (徐娘半老)		徐娘	半	老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xúniángbànlǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ noeng⁴ bun³ lou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xúniángbànlǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuniangbannlao
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syúniángbànlǎo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy³⁵ njɑŋ³⁵ pän⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi⁴ noeng⁴ bun³ lou⁵
  - Yale: chèuih nèuhng bun lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ noeng⁴ bun³ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ nêng⁴ bun³ lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵy̯²¹ nœ̽ːŋ²¹ puːn³³ lou̯¹³/

Idiom

徐娘半老

the woman in her thirty-forties; be already in her middle age

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