返老還童
Chinese
editto return (to) | old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
to be rejuvenated; to become young again | ||
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trad. (返老還童) | 返 | 老 | 還童 | |
simp. (返老还童) | 返 | 老 | 还童 | |
alternative forms | 反老還童/反老还童 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnlǎohuántóng
- Wade–Giles: fan3-lao3-huan2-tʻung2
- Yale: fǎn-lǎu-hwán-túng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanlaohwantorng
- Palladius: фаньлаохуаньтун (fanʹlaoxuanʹtun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: faan2 lou5 waan4 tung4
- Yale: fáan lóuh wàahn tùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: faan2 lou5 waan4 tung4
- Guangdong Romanization: fan2 lou5 wan4 tung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /faːn³⁵ lou̯¹³ waːn²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit返老還童
- to recover one's youthful vigour; to become young again; to become rejuvenated in one's old age