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銀髮族

简银发族 · 繁銀髮族

Mandarin · pinyin yín fà zú

the elderly

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髮: fà · fǎ · hair
族: zú · a family clan, ethnic group, tribe
银: yín · silver; cash, money, wealth
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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2–4–2 · yin2 fa4 zu2

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ngan4 faat3 zuk6

Cantonese word readings for 銀髮族. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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