百年歸老 [－－归－]

Jyutping baak3 nin4 gwai1 lou5
Pinyin bǎi nián guī lǎo

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (proverb) in old age; (Figurative meaning) after a senior passes away
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    死​嘅​委婉​講法​（​通常​用​嚟​討論​在​生​嘅​人​嘅​身​後​事​）
    an euphemistic way to discuss the death of a person when he is still alive; literally, "after 100 years returns to old"
    • 立咗平安紙，咁你第日百年歸老之後，我哋都知道啲後事你想點安排嘛。
      立咗平安纸，咁你第日百年归老之后，我哋都知道啲后事你想点安排嘛。
      laap6 zo2 ping4 on1 zi2, gam2 nei5 dai6 jat6 baak3 nin4 gwai1 lou5 zi1 hau6, ngo5 dei6 dou1 zi1 dou6 di1 hau6 si6 nei5 soeng2 dim2 on1 paai4 maa3.
      Make a will first. So after you pass away, we would know your intention about the funeral arrangement.
    • 第日你百年歸老之後，想啲財產點樣分配呢？
      第日你百年归老之后，想啲财产点样分配呢？
      dai6 jat6 nei5 baak3 nin4 gwai1 lou5 zi1 hau6, soeng2 di1 coi4 caan2 dim2 joeng2 fan1 pui3 ne1?
      When you should leave the world, how would you like to distribute your wealth?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, euphemistic, idiomatic, of the elderly
    to die
    (syn.) 死人, 早死, 傾亡, 故世, 升天, 斃命, 入寂, 呜呼, 死脱, 故, 翹辮子, 离世, 過身, 上路, 下世, 歸道山, 身亡, 倾亡, 物化, 回老家, 丧命, 作古, 闭眼, 消忒, 病故, 亡故, 驾鹤西游, 就义, 過去, 走去踮, 盡命, 倾世, 凋謝, 丧生, 毕命, 被難, 走, 棄世, 過往, 陨落, 駕崩, 归天, 歸西, 不在, 仙游, 終, 过去, 圓寂, 去世, 宾天, 枯死, 見背, 進棺材, 過世, 过世, 死, 駕鶴西遊, 薨逝, 长眠, 归西, 被难, 長眠, 嗝屁, 嗚呼, 崩殂, 崩, 翘辫子, 閉眼, 龍馭上賓, 归道山, 歸天, 晏驾, 弃世, 隕落, 故去, 死掉, 辭世, 终, 傾世, 驾鹤西去, 合眼, 沒世, 挂, 死翹翹, 病逝, 丧亡, 寿终正寝, 見閻王, 掛, 绝, 往生, 毙命, 仙逝, 長山賣鴨卵, 嚥氣, 殞, 死脫, 晏駕, 駕鶴西去, 老了, 仙遊, 凋谢, 忽然, 咽气, 上天, 尽命, 进棺材, 见阎王, 气绝, 小喇叭儿吹了, 不幸, 喪命, 薨, 见背, 就義, 永眠, 驾崩, 辞世, 賓天, 畢命, 氣絕, 小喇叭兒吹了, 做鬼, 喪生, 龙驭上宾, 死去, 安息, 即世, 死翘翘, 過面, 过往, 安眠, 離世, 圆寂, 死亡, 长山卖鸭卵, 殒, 喪亡, 壽終正寢, 絕, 过身, 逝世, 过面, 没世
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    立咗平安纸，咁你第日百年归老之后，我哋都知道啲后事你想点安排嘛。
    立咗平安紙，咁你第日百年歸老之後，我哋都知道啲後事你想點安排嘛。
    laap6 zo2 ping4 on1 zi2, gam2 nei5 dai6 jat6 baak3 nin4 gwai1 lou5 zi1 hau6, ngo5 dei6 dou1 zi1 dou6 di1 hau6 si6 nei5 soeng2 dim2 on1 paai4 maa3.
    • Make a will first. So after you pass away, we would know your intention about the funeral arrangement.
  2. Cantonese
    第日你百年归老之后，想啲财产点样分配呢？
    第日你百年歸老之後，想啲財產點樣分配呢？
    dai6 jat6 nei5 baak3 nin4 gwai1 lou5 zi1 hau6, soeng2 di1 coi4 caan2 dim2 joeng2 fan1 pui3 ne1?
    • When you should leave the world, how would you like to distribute your wealth?