斑白

bānbái
  1. grizzled
  2. graying

CEDICT

  1. (formal) grizzled; graying
  2. grizzled; graying

Wiktionary

头髮花白，常指年老的人。《礼记．王制》：「斑白者不提挈。」《三国演义．第五四回》：「吾年已半百，鬓髮斑白。」也作「班白」、「颁白」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 斑 bān
  1. spot
  2. colored patch
  3. stripe
  4. spotted
  5. striped
  6. variegated
2 白 bái
  1. white
  2. snowy
  3. pure
  4. bright
  5. empty
  6. blank
  7. plain
  8. clear
  9. to make clear
  10. in vain
  11. gratuitous
  12. free of charge
  13. reactionary
  14. anti-communist
  15. funeral
  16. to stare coldly
  17. to write wrong character
  18. to state
  19. to explain
  20. vernacular
  21. spoken lines in opera

Containing this entry

两鬓斑白 liǎngbìnbānbái

Related entries

花白 huābái grizzled (hair)