白頭翁

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See also: 白头翁

Chinese

		hoary head; white hair; whitehead	elderly person
trad. (白頭翁)		白頭	翁
simp. (白头翁)		白头	翁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báitóuwēng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ tau⁴ jung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-thâu-ong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báitóuwēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báitóuwong
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-tʻou²-wêng¹
  - Yale: bái-tóu-wēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtourueng
  - Palladius: байтоувэн (bajtouvɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ wəŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ tau⁴ jung¹
  - Yale: baahk tàuh yūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ tau⁴ jung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ teo⁴ yung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ jʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-thâu-ong
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-thâu-ong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqtau'ofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰau²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

白頭翁

light-vented bulbul, Chinese bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)
grey starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
(traditional Chinese medicine) root of Chinese pulsatilla (Anemone chinensis, syn. Pulsatilla chinensis) (herb for killing sperm and parasites)
white-haired elderly man

Synonyms

(light-vented bulbul): 白頭鵯／白头鹎 (báitóubēi); (Hakka) 白頭公仔／白头公仔; (Hokkien) 白頭鵠／白头鹄, 白頭鵠仔／白头鹄仔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	頭	翁
はく Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2	おう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はくとーおー (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

白(はく)頭(とう)翁(おう) or 白頭翁(ハクトウオウ) • (hakutōō) ^{←はくとうをう (fakutouwou)^?}

gray-haired old man
Synonym of 椋鳥 (mukudori, “white-cheeked starling, grey starling, Spodiopsar cineraceus”)
Synonym of 翁草 (okinagusa, “Pulsatilla cernua”)
(traditional Chinese medicine) dried root of Pulsatilla cernua used in medicine

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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