銀髮

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See also: 銀髪 and 银发

Chinese

		silver; money	hair
trad. (銀髮)		銀	髮
simp. (银发)		银	发

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yínfà, yínfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴ faat³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gîn-hoat / gûn-hoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yínfà
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yínfà
  - Wade–Giles: yin²-fa⁴
  - Yale: yín-fà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynfah
  - Palladius: иньфа (inʹfa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ fä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yínfǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yínfǎ
  - Wade–Giles: yin²-fa³
  - Yale: yín-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynfaa
  - Palladius: иньфа (inʹfa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngan⁴ faat³
  - Yale: ngàhn faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹ faːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gîn-hoat / gûn-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: gîn-huat / gûn-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ginhoad, gunhoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡin²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/, /ɡun²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡin²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵/, /ɡun²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡin¹³⁻²² huat̚³²/, /ɡun¹³⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡin²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/, /ɡun²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡin²³⁻³³ huat̚³²/, /ɡun²³⁻³³ huat̚³²/

Noun

銀髮

silver hair; hoary head
(metonymically) elderly

Coordinate terms

白髮／白发 (báifà)
紅髮／红发 (hóngfà)
金髮／金发 (jīnfà)
黑髮／黑发 (hēifà)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (銀髮):

→ Japanese: 銀髪(ぎんぱつ) (ginpatsu)
→ Korean: 은발(銀髮) (eunbal)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
銀	髮
ぎん Grade: 3	はつ > ぱつ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 銀髮 – see the following entry.

【銀髪ぎんぱつ】

(This term, 銀髮, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
銀	髮

Noun

銀髮 • (eunbal) (hangeul 은발)

hanja form^? of 은발 (“silver hair”)

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