碧眼童顏
See also: 碧眼童颜
Chinese
FWOTD – 1 July 2017
| green eyes | youthful face of an old person | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (碧眼童顏) | 碧眼 | 童顏 | |
| simp. (碧眼童颜) | 碧眼 | 童颜 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): bìyǎntóngyán
- (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bik1 ngaan5 tung4 ngaan4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bìyǎntóngyán
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bìyǎntóngyán
- Wade–Giles: pi4-yen3-tʻung2-yen2
- Yale: bì-yǎn-túng-yán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihyeantorngyan
- Palladius: бияньтунъянь (bijanʹtunʺjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bik1 ngaan5 tung4 ngaan4
- Yale: bīk ngáahn tùhng ngàahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: bik7 ngaan5 tung4 ngaan4
- Guangdong Romanization: big1 ngan5 tung4 ngan4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɪk̚⁵ ŋaːn¹³ tʰʊŋ²¹ ŋaːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
碧眼童顏
- Describes a person who is old, but still has a youthful face.
- 遇一老人，碧眼童顏，手執藜杖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14th century CE
- Yù yī lǎorén, bìyǎntóngyán, shǒu zhí lízhàng. [Pinyin]
- He came across an old man; the old man had a youthful countenance, and was carrying a walking stick fashioned from the hardened stalk of a goosefoot plant.
遇一老人，碧眼童颜，手执藜杖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]