返老還童

Chinese

		to return (to)	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	to be rejuvenated; to become young again
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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnlǎohuántóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² lou⁵ waan⁴ tung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnlǎohuántóng [Phonetic: fánlǎohuántóng]
    • 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/
• 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/

Idiom

返老還童

1. to recover one's youthful vigour; to become young again; to become rejuvenated in one's old age