長老

長老

See also: 长老

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (長老)		長	老
simp. (长老)		长	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎnglǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² lou⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): tióng-nó͘ / tióng-ló / tiúⁿ-ló / tiáng-ló

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǎnglǎo [Phonetic: zhánglǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaanglao
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng² lou⁵
    • Yale: jéung lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng² lou⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ³⁵ lou̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tióng-nó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tióng-nóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diofngnor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tióng-ló
    • Tâi-lô: tióng-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diofngloir
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɤ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiúⁿ-ló
    • Tâi-lô: tiúnn-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dviwloir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiũ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiáng-ló
    • Tâi-lô: tiáng-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diafngloir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo⁵³/

Noun

長老

1. elder; senior; oldster
2. (Christianity) presbyter; elder
3. reverent address for an old monk or an elder of a religion

Derived terms

長老會／长老会 (zhǎnglǎohuì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
長	老
ちょう Grade: 2	ろう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

長老 (hiragana ちょうろう, rōmaji chōrō)

1. an elder, an old man
2. an elder in a church