"偕老" meaning in Chinese

See 偕老 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /kaːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Taiwan, variant, IPA, Kaohsiung], /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ lo⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Taiwan, variant, IPA, Taipei], /kai⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Taiwan, variant, IPA], /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 偕老
  1. to live together to a ripe old age; to grow old together (used in blessing newly-weds) Derived forms: 君子偕老, 期頤偕老, 期颐偕老, 白頭偕老 (báitóuxiélǎo), 白头偕老 (báitóuxiélǎo), 百年偕老
    Sense id: en-偕老-zh-verb-waAwsIQb Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "偕老",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "君子偕老"
        },
        {
          "word": "期頤偕老"
        },
        {
          "word": "期颐偕老"
        },
        {
          "roman": "báitóuxiélǎo",
          "word": "白頭偕老"
        },
        {
          "roman": "báitóuxiélǎo",
          "word": "白头偕老"
        },
        {
          "word": "百年偕老"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to live together to a ripe old age; to grow old together (used in blessing newly-weds)"
      ],
      "id": "en-偕老-zh-verb-waAwsIQb",
      "links": [
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ],
        [
          "ripe",
          "ripe"
        ],
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ],
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiélǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaai¹ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kai-ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kai-nó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiélǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siélǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsieh²-lao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syé-lǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shyelao"
    },
    {
      "roman": "selao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "селао"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaai¹ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gāai lóuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaai¹ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gai¹ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kai-ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kai-ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kailoir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴⁴⁻³³ lo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kai-nó͘"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kai-nóo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kainor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁴¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "偕老"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "君子偕老"
    },
    {
      "word": "期頤偕老"
    },
    {
      "word": "期颐偕老"
    },
    {
      "roman": "báitóuxiélǎo",
      "word": "白頭偕老"
    },
    {
      "roman": "báitóuxiélǎo",
      "word": "白头偕老"
    },
    {
      "word": "百年偕老"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "偕老",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 偕",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 老",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to live together to a ripe old age; to grow old together (used in blessing newly-weds)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ],
        [
          "ripe",
          "ripe"
        ],
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ],
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiélǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaai¹ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kai-ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kai-nó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiélǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siélǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsieh²-lao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syé-lǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shyelao"
    },
    {
      "roman": "selao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "селао"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaai¹ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gāai lóuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaai¹ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gai¹ lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kai-ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kai-ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kailoir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴⁴⁻³³ lo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kai-nó͘"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kai-nóo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kainor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai⁴⁴⁻³³ nɔ̃⁴¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "偕老"
}

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