白頭翁

See also: 白头翁

Chinese

		hoary head; white hair; whitehead	elderly person
trad. (白頭翁)		白頭	翁
simp. (白头翁)		白头	翁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báitóuwēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ tau⁴ jung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-thâu-ong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báitóuwēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báitóuwong
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-tʻou²-wêng¹
    • Yale: bái-tóu-wēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtourueng
    • Palladius: байтоувэн (bajtouvɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ wəŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ tau⁴ jung¹
    • Yale: baahk tàuh yūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ tau⁴ jung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ teo⁴ yung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ jʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-thâu-ong
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-thâu-ong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqtau'ofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰau²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³⁻²² ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

白頭翁

1. light-vented bulbul, Chinese bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)
2. grey starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
3. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of Chinese pulsatilla (Anemone chinensis, syn. Pulsatilla chinensis) (herb for killing sperm and parasites)
4. white-haired elderly man

Synonyms

• (light-vented bulbul): 白頭鵯／白头鹎 (báitóubēi); (Hakka) 白頭公仔／白头公仔; (Hokkien) 白頭鵠／白头鹄, 白頭鵠仔／白头鹄仔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	頭	翁
はく Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2	おう Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

白頭(はくとう) (hakutō, “grey hair”) + 翁(おう) (ō, “old man”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はくとーおー [hàkútóꜜòòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟to̞ːo̞ː]

Noun

白(はく)頭(とう)翁(おう) or 白頭翁(ハクトウオウ) • (hakutōō) ^{←はくとうをう (fakutouwou)?}

1. gray-haired old man
2. Synonym of 椋鳥 (mukudori, “white-cheeked starling, grey starling, Spodiopsar cineraceus”)
3. Synonym of 翁草 (okinagusa, “Pulsatilla cernua”)
4. (traditional Chinese medicine) dried root of Pulsatilla cernua used in medicine