老漢

老漢

See also: 老汉

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	Chinese; name of a dynasty; man
trad. (老漢)		老	漢
simp. (老汉)		老	汉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lǎohàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄢˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): лохан (lohan, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ hon³
• Min Nan (POJ): lǎu-hàn / lāu-hàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎohàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laohann
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xän⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: лохан (lohan, II-I)
    • IPA ^(key): /lɔː⁵¹ xæ̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ hon³
    • Yale: lóuh hon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ hon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ hon³
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ hɔːn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-hàn
    • Tâi-lô: lǎu-hàn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²² han⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-hàn
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-hàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxhaxn
    • IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ han¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ han²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ han²¹/

Noun

老漢

1. an old person
2. (old) man

Pronoun

老漢

1. I (used by an old person)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	漢
ろう Grade: 4	かん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

/raukan/ → /rɔːkan/ → /roːkan/

From Middle Chinese compound 老漢 (law^X xan^H, literally “old + Han Chinese”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) ろーかん [ròókáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

老漢 (hiragana ろうかん, rōmaji rōkan, historical hiragana らうかん)

1. an old man
2. I, me (a humble form of self-reference used by males)
3. an old monk, an old priest, particularly the head of a temple

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN