老人

老人

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (老人)		老	人
variant forms		老儂／老侬 Min Nan colloquial

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎorén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-ngìn
• Min Nan (POJ): lāu-lâng / ló-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎorén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoren
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ jan⁴
    • Yale: lóuh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yen⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo` nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ ngin²
    • IPA: /lo³¹ ɲin¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxlaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: ló-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loyjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑin²³/

Note:

• lāu-lâng - colloquial;
• ló-jîn - literary.

Noun

老人

1. old person; the elderly

   他的父親看起來是一位精神矍鑠的老人。 [MSC, trad.]
   他的父亲看起来是一位精神矍铄的老人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de fùqīn kànqilai shì yī wèi jīngshén juéshuò de lǎorén. [Pinyin]

   His father looks like a sprightly old man.

2. elder

Derived terms

不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前／不听老人言，吃亏在眼前 (bùtīng lǎorén yán, chīkuī zài yǎnqián) 老人失智症 (lǎorén shīzhìzhèng) 老人家 (lǎorenjia)

老人贍養／老人赡养 (lǎorén shànyǎng) 耶誕老人／耶诞老人 (Yēdàn Lǎorén) 聖誕老人／圣诞老人 (Shèngdàn Lǎorén)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	人
ろう Grade: 4	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

老人 (hiragana ろうじん, rōmaji rōjin)

1. old person, elderly

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Korean

Hanja in this term
老	人

Noun

老人 • (noin) (hangeul 노인)

1. Hanja form^? of 노인 (“old person, elderly”).