"不老" meaning in Chinese

See 不老 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /pɐt̚⁵ lou̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /put̚⁵⁵ lau⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /put̚² lo³¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /put̚¹ lau³¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /pu²⁴ lau²¹/ [Jian'ou, Min-Bei, Sinological-IPA], /puʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ l̃o³³/ [Fuzhou, Min-Dong, Sinological-IPA], /puk̚²⁻⁴ lau⁵²⁻²¹/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /pəʔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /pɐt̚⁵ lou̯¹³/, /put̚⁵⁵ lau⁵⁵/, /put̚² lo³¹/, /put̚¹ lau³¹/, /pu²⁴ lau²¹/, /puʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ l̃o³³/, /puk̚²⁻⁴ lau⁵²⁻²¹/, /pəʔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: bùlǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ lou⁵ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], but² lau² [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], put-ló [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], bud⁵ lau³ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], bŭ-lǎu [Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized, Min-Bei], bók-lō̤ [Foochow-Romanized, Min-Dong], bug⁴ lao², ⁷peq-lau, bùlǎo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], bùlǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pu⁴-lao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], bù-lǎu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], bulao [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], булао [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bulao [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bat¹ lou⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bāt lóuh [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ lou⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ lou⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], but² lau² [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], put-ló [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], bud^ˋ lo^ˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], bud⁵ lo³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], bŭ-lǎu [Jian'ou, Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized, Min-Bei], bók-lō̤ [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou, Min-Dong], bug⁴ lao² [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], puk láu [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew], ⁷peq-lau [Northern, Wu], peh^入 lau [Northern, Wu], ⁴peq-lau [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 不老
  1. (literary) eternal youth; immortality Tags: literary Derived forms: 寶刀不老 (bǎodāobùlǎo), 宝刀不老 (bǎodāobùlǎo)
    Sense id: en-不老-zh-noun-RrGE0F45 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Age
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          "word": "宝刀不老"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "bùlǎo"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "but² lau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
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      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ lau³"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized",
        "Min-Bei"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bŭ-lǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bók-lō̤"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bug⁴ lao²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁷peq-lau"
    },
    {
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "bùlǎo"
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
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        "standard"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùlǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-lao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-lǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bulao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "булао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bulao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt lóuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ lou̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "but² lau²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁵ lau⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud^ˋ lo^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ lo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² lo³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚¹ lau³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized",
        "Min-Bei"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bŭ-lǎu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu²⁴ lau²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Min-Bei",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bók-lō̤"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ l̃o³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bug⁴ lao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "puk láu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puk̚²⁻⁴ lau⁵²⁻²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁷peq-lau"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "peh^入 lau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁴peq-lau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəʔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ lou̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁵ lau⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² lo³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚¹ lau³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu²⁴ lau²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ l̃o³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puk̚²⁻⁴ lau⁵²⁻²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəʔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不老"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bǎodāobùlǎo",
      "word": "寶刀不老"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎodāobùlǎo",
      "word": "宝刀不老"
    }
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        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Eastern Min nouns",
        "Hakka lemmas",
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        "Mandarin nouns",
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        "Taishanese nouns",
        "Teochew lemmas",
        "Teochew nouns",
        "Wu lemmas",
        "Wu nouns",
        "zh:Age"
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        "eternal youth; immortality"
      ],
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          "eternal",
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      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùlǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "but² lau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ lau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized",
        "Min-Bei"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bŭ-lǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bók-lō̤"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bug⁴ lao²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁷peq-lau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùlǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùlǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-lao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-lǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bulao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "булао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bulao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt lóuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ lou̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "but² lau²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁵ lau⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud^ˋ lo^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ lo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² lo³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚¹ lau³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized",
        "Min-Bei"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bŭ-lǎu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu²⁴ lau²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Min-Bei",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bók-lō̤"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ l̃o³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bug⁴ lao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "puk láu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puk̚²⁻⁴ lau⁵²⁻²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁷peq-lau"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "peh^入 lau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁴peq-lau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəʔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ lou̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁵ lau⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² lo³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚¹ lau³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu²⁴ lau²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ l̃o³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puk̚²⁻⁴ lau⁵²⁻²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəʔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不老"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 不老 meaning in Chinese (4.6kB)

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  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "不老",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
    "不老"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
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  "trace": ""
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  "path": [
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  "section": "Chinese",
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}

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