老中

老中

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
trad. (老中)		老	中
simp. #(老中)		老	中

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎozhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎojhong
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-chung¹
    • Yale: lǎu-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laojong
    • Palladius: лаочжун (laočžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

老中

1. (historical) "elder", political role in the Tokugawa shogunate (江戶幕府／江户幕府)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	中
ろう Grade: 4	じゅう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːʑɨᵝː]

Noun

老(ろう)中(じゅう) or 老中(ろうちゅう) • (rōjū or rōchū) ^{←らうぢゅう (raudyū)?}

1. (historical) member of the council of elders during the Muromachi period; an elder [14th to 16th century]
2. (historical) a senior vassal to a daimyo during the Muromachi or the Sengoku period
3. (historical) a senior administrator, serving directly under the shogun, during the Tokugawa shogunate; elder [17th to 19th century]

References

• “老中”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN