白髮人送黑髮人

Chinese

		white hair; elderly; senior	man; person; people	to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present) to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present); to present (with); to see off; to send	black hair	man; person; people
trad. (白髮人送黑髮人)		白髮	人	送	黑髮	人
simp. (白发人送黑发人)		白发	人	送	黑发	人
Literally: “white-haired person seeing off black-haired person (in a funeral)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báifàrén sòng hēifàrén, báifǎrén sòng hēifǎrén

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄟㄈㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄟㄈㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báifàrén sòng hēifàrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄟㄈㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báifàrén sòng heifàrén
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-fa⁴-jên² sung⁴ hei¹-fa⁴-jên²
  - Yale: bái-fà-rén sùng hēi-fà-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfahren sonq heifahren
  - Palladius: байфажэнь сун хэйфажэнь (bajfažɛnʹ sun xɛjfažɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ sʊŋ⁵¹ xeɪ̯⁵⁵ fä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báifǎrén sòng hēifǎrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄟㄈㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báifǎrén sòng heifǎrén
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-fa³-jên² sung⁴ hei¹-fa³-jên²
  - Yale: bái-fǎ-rén sùng hēi-fǎ-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfaaren sonq heifaaren
  - Palladius: байфажэнь сун хэйфажэнь (bajfažɛnʹ sun xɛjfažɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ sʊŋ⁵¹ xeɪ̯⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/

Phrase

白髮人送黑髮人

(of an old person) to see one's child die earlier than oneself

Synonyms

白頭人送黑頭人／白头人送黑头人 (báitóu rén sòng hēitóu rén)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.