二老

二老

Chinese

		two	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (二老)		二	老
simp. #(二老)		二	老
anagram		老二

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ lou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-lao³
    • Yale: èr-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: elllao
    • Palladius: эрлао (erlao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ lou⁵
    • Yale: yih lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² lou̯¹³/

Noun

二老

1. the two elderly parents
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 二,‎ 老.
   1. two elders; two venerable persons

      • 二老者，天下之大老也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

        From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

        Èrlǎo zhě, tiānxià zhī dàlǎo yě. [Pinyin]

        Those two elders (Boyi and the Taigong Wang) were the most venerable seniors in the inhabited world.