童顏鶴髮

Chinese

		youthful face of an old person	white hair
trad. (童顏鶴髮)		童顏	鶴髮
simp. (童颜鹤发)		童颜	鹤发

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóngyánhèfà, tóngyánhèfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄜˋ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄜˋ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ ngaan⁴ hok⁶ faat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóngyánhèfà
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄜˋ ㄈㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóngyánhèfà
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²-yen²-ho⁴-fa⁴
  - Yale: túng-yán-hè-fà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngyanhehfah
  - Palladius: тунъяньхэфа (tunʺjanʹxɛfa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵ xɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóngyánhèfǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄜˋ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóngyánhèfǎ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²-yen²-ho⁴-fa³
  - Yale: túng-yán-hè-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngyanhehfaa
  - Palladius: тунъяньхэфа (tunʺjanʹxɛfa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵ xɤ⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ ngaan⁴ hok⁶ faat³
  - Yale: tùhng ngàahn hohk faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ ngaan⁴ hok⁹ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ ngan⁴ hog⁶ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ ŋaːn²¹ hɔːk̚² faːt̚³/

Idiom

童顏鶴髮

white hair and ruddy complexion; healthy in old age; hale and hearty

Synonyms

鶴髮童顏／鹤发童颜 (hèfàtóngyán)

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