"白髮蒼蒼" meaning in 漢語

See 白髮蒼蒼 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /paɪ̯³⁵ fä⁵¹ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Mainland-China, Sinological-IPA], /paɪ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /paːk̚² faːt̚³ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, IPA] Forms: 白发苍苍 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 形容人年紀老邁
    Sense id: zh-白髮蒼蒼-zh-phrase-yiJsy9Ws
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話俗語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「白」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「蒼」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「髮」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有多個讀音的官話詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語俗語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語俗語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "白发苍苍",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "滿頭銀白色的頭髮",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "俗語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "形容人年紀老邁"
      ],
      "id": "zh-白髮蒼蒼-zh-phrase-yiJsy9Ws"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "báifà cāngcāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "báifǎ cāngcāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄘㄤ ㄘㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄘㄤ ㄘㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baak⁶ faat³ cong¹ cong¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "báifà cāngcāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄘㄤ ㄘㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "báifà cangcang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pai²-fa⁴ tsʻang¹-tsʻang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bái-fà tsāng-tsāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bairfah tsangtsang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "байфа цанцан (bajfa cancan)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paɪ̯³⁵ fä⁵¹ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "báifǎ cāngcāng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄘㄤ ㄘㄤ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "báifǎ cangcang"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pai²-fa³ tsʻang¹-tsʻang¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bái-fǎ tsāng-tsāng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bairfaa tsangtsang"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "байфа цанцан (bajfa cancan)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paɪ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baak⁶ faat³ cong¹ cong¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baahk faat chōng chōng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baak⁹ faat⁸ tsong¹ tsong¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bag⁶ fad³ cong¹ cong¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paːk̚² faːt̚³ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "白髮蒼蒼"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話俗語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「白」的漢語詞",
    "帶「蒼」的漢語詞",
    "帶「髮」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有多個讀音的官話詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語俗語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語俗語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "白发苍苍",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "滿頭銀白色的頭髮",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "俗語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "形容人年紀老邁"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "báifà cāngcāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "báifǎ cāngcāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄘㄤ ㄘㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄘㄤ ㄘㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baak⁶ faat³ cong¹ cong¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "báifà cāngcāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄘㄤ ㄘㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "báifà cangcang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pai²-fa⁴ tsʻang¹-tsʻang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bái-fà tsāng-tsāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bairfah tsangtsang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "байфа цанцан (bajfa cancan)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paɪ̯³⁵ fä⁵¹ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "báifǎ cāngcāng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄘㄤ ㄘㄤ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "báifǎ cangcang"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pai²-fa³ tsʻang¹-tsʻang¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bái-fǎ tsāng-tsāng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bairfaa tsangtsang"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "байфа цанцан (bajfa cancan)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paɪ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baak⁶ faat³ cong¹ cong¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baahk faat chōng chōng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baak⁹ faat⁸ tsong¹ tsong¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bag⁶ fad³ cong¹ cong¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paːk̚² faːt̚³ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "白髮蒼蒼"
}

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