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Chinese
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old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
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man; person; people
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trad. (老人)
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老
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人
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simp. #(老人)
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老
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人
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alternative forms
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老儂/老侬 coastal Min (colloquial)
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Pronunciation
Note:
- lāu-lâng - colloquial;
- ló-jîn - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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老
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人
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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lǎo
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rén
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Middle Chinese
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‹ lawX ›
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‹ nyin ›
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Old Chinese
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/*C.rˁuʔ/
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/*ni/
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English
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old
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(other) person
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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老
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人
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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7666
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10800
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Phonetic component
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老
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人
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Rime group
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幽
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眞
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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老
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仁
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Old Chinese
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/*ruːʔ/
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/*njin/
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Noun
老人
- old person; the old; 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.
- His father looks like a sprightly old man.
從老人一直到小孩無不歡欣鼓舞。 [MSC, trad.]
从老人一直到小孩无不欢欣鼓舞。 [MSC, simp.]- Cóng lǎorén yīzhí dào xiǎohái wúbù huānxīngǔwǔ.
- Everyone from the elderly to the children rejoiced.
- elder
Synonyms
- 家先生 (Hakka, polite, term of address)
- 老人家 (polite, term of address)
- 老大人 (Hokkien, polite, term of address)
- 老年人 (lǎoniánrén)
- 老者 (lǎozhě) (literary)
- 黃髮 / 黄发 (huángfà) (literary)
- 上一代 (shàng yīdài)
- 上輩 / 上辈 (shàngbèi)
- 先輩 / 先辈 (xiānbèi)
- 前輩 / 前辈 (qiánbèi)
- 老勻 / 老匀 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 老輩 / 老辈 (lǎobèi)
- 長輩 / 长辈 (zhǎngbèi)
Antonyms
- 下一代 (xià yīdài)
- 下勻 / 下匀 (Hokkien)
- 下輩 / 下辈 (xiàbèi)
- 小輩子 / 小辈子 (xiao3 bei4 zi3) (Sichuanese)
- 序細 / 序细 (Hokkien)
- 後輩 / 后辈 (hòubèi)
- 晚輩 / 晚辈 (wǎnbèi)
- 細輩 / 细辈 (soi3 buê3) (Teochew)
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Japanese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably borrowed from Chinese”)
Pronunciation
Noun
老人 • (rōjin) ←らうじん (rauzin)?
- old person; elderly
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 老人性 (rōjinsei, “senile”)
- 老人福祉 (rōjin fukushi, “welfare for the aged”)
- 老人医学 (rōjin igaku, “geriatrics”)
- 老人学 (rōjingaku, “gerontology”)
- 老人福祉施設 (rōjin fukushishisetsu, “retirement home”)
- 老人性白内障 (rōjinsei hakunaishō, “senile cataract”)
- 老人ホーム (rōjin hōmu, “nursing home”)
- 老人斑 (rōjinhan, “senile plaque”)
- 老人施設 (rōjin shisetsu, “old folks' home”)
- 老人介護 (rōjin kaigo, “elderly care”)
- 老人問題 (rōjin mondai, “problems of the elderly; problems of an aging society”)
- 老人保健施設 (rōjin hokenshisetsu, “rehabilitation facility for the elderly”)
- 老人病 (rōjinbyō, “geriatric diseases”)
- 老人医療 (rōjin iryō, “geriatrics”)
- 老人病院 (rōjin byōin, “geriatric hospital”)
- 老人福祉法 (rōjin fukushihō, “elderly welfare law”)
- 老人医療保険 (rōjin iryōhoken, “medical insurance for the elderly”)
- 老人力 (rōjinryoku, “grey power”)
- 老人性痴呆 (rōjinsei chihō, “senile dementia”)
- 老人性痴呆症 (rōjinsei chihōshō, “senile dementia”)
- 老人性認知症 (rōjinsei ninchishō, “senile dementia”)
- 老人遺棄 (rōjin iki, “abandoning old people in the mountains, etc.”)
- 老人性愛 (rōjin seiai, “gerontophilia”)
References
Korean
Noun
老人 • (noin) (hangeul 노인)
- hanja form? of 노인 (“old person, elderly”)