食老

食老

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
simp. and trad. (食老)		食	老
alternative forms		噍老 吃老

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): chia̍h-lāu

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-lāu
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-lāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqlau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ laʊ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² laʊ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ laʊ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ laʊ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ laʊ³³/

Noun

食老

1. (Min Nan) old age

Synonyms

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尾梢 (Min Nan) 晚年 (wǎnnián) 暮年 (mùnián)

老年 (lǎonián) 老年期 (lǎoniánqī) 餘年／余年 (yúnián)

Derived terms

少年袂曉想，食老毋成樣／少年袂晓想，食老毋成样 (siàu-liân bē-hiáu siūⁿ, chia̍h-lāu m̄-chiâⁿ-iūⁿ)