半老徐娘

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	elderly woman whose beauty is fading
trad. (半老徐娘)		半	老	徐娘
simp. #(半老徐娘)		半	老	徐娘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànlǎoxúniáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ lou⁵ ceoi⁴ noeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànlǎoxúniáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànlǎosyúniáng
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-lao³-hsü²-niang²
    • Yale: bàn-lǎu-syú-nyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannlaoshyuniang
    • Palladius: баньлаосюйнян (banʹlaosjujnjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ lou⁵ ceoi⁴ noeng⁴
    • Yale: bun lóuh chèuih nèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ lou⁵ tsoey⁴ noeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ lou⁵ cêu⁴ nêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ lou̯¹³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ nœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

半老徐娘

1. attractive middle-aged woman

Synonyms

• 徐娘半老 (xúniángbànlǎo)