白头偕老 Chinese English dictionary 白头偕老 translate 白头偕老 pinyin

白头偕老

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
白头偕老 báitóuxiélǎo	白头偕老 \| 白头偕老* \| *白头偕老	(idiom) (of a married couple) to live together until old age; to remain lifelong companions	白頭偕老

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
白	白 \| 白* \| *白	5画白 + 0	bái, bó	white; pure, unblemished; bright	baak6	2600.0 HA


头	头 \| 头* \| *头	5画大 + 2	tóu, tou	head; top; chief, first; boss	tau4	頭 3480 YK


偕	偕 \| 偕* \| *偕	11画人亻 + 9	xié, jiē	together; be in order	gaai1	2126.1 OPPA


老	老 \| 老* \| *老	6画老耂 + 0	lǎo	old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125	lou5	4471.1 JKP

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Simplified		English Definition
白头偕老 báitóuxiélǎo	白头偕老 \| 白头偕老* \| *白头偕老	(idiom) (of a married couple) to live together until old age; to remain lifelong companions


白 Bái	白 \| 白* \| *白	surname Bai / Bai ethnic group


白 bái	白 \| 白* \| *白	white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera


白头 báitóu	白头 \| 白头* \| *白头	hoary head / old age


头　tóu	头 \| 头* \| *头	head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL: 個｜个


头　tou	头 \| 头* \| *头	suffix for nouns


偕　　xié	偕 \| 偕* \| *偕	in company with


偕老　　xiélǎo	偕老 \| 偕老* \| *偕老	to grow old together


老　　　lǎo	老 \| 老* \| *老	prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough