長老

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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old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)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

Rime
Character 長 老
Reading # 2/3 1/1
Initial (聲) 知 (9) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 陽 (105) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 知丈切 盧晧切
Baxter trjangX lawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈɨɐŋX/ /lɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈiɐŋX/ /lɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶiɑŋX/ /lɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈɨaŋX/ /lawX/
Li
Rong 		/ȶiaŋX/ /lɑuX/
Wang
Li 		/ȶĭaŋX/ /lɑuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȶi̯aŋX/ /lɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhǎng lǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zoeng2 lou5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 長 老
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhǎng lǎo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ trjangX › ‹ lawX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*traŋʔ/ /*C.rˁuʔ/
English grow; elder old

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 長 老
Reading # 1/3 1/1
No. 1263 7666
Phonetic
component 		長 老
Rime
group 		陽 幽
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		長 老
Old
Chinese 		/*taŋʔ/ /*ruːʔ/

Noun

長老

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 和尚 (“Buddhist monk”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 和尚, 比丘, 僧, 僧人, 僧侶, 禪師 honorific
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 和尚
Taiwan 和尚
Chengde 和尚
Chifeng 和尚
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 和尚
Heihe 和尚
Qiqihar 和尚
Harbin 和尚
Jiamusi 和尚
Baicheng 和尚
Changchun 和尚
Tonghua 和尚
Shenyang 和尚
Jinzhou 和尚
Singapore 和尚, 師父
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 和尚
Tangshan 和尚
Cangzhou 和尚
Baoding 和尚
Shijiazhuang 和尚
Lijin 和尚
Jinan 和尚, 僧人
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 和尚
Dandong 和尚
Yantai 和尚
Yantai (Muping) 和尚
Qingdao 和尚
Zhucheng 和尚
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 和尚
Lingbao 和尚
Jining 和尚
Wanrong 和尚
Linfen 和尚
Shangqiu 和尚
Yuanyang 和尚
Zhengzhou 和尚
Xinyang 和尚
Baihe 和尚
Xi'an 和尚
Baoji 和尚
Tianshui 和尚
Xining 和尚
Xuzhou 和尚
Fuyang 和尚
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 和尚
Lanzhou 和尚
Dunhuang 和尚
Hami 和尚
Ürümqi 和尚
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 和尚
Nanchong 和尚
Dazhou 和尚
Hanyuan 和尚
Xichang 和尚
Zigong 和尚
Chongqing 和尚
Wuhan 和尚
Yichang 和尚
Xiangyang 和尚
Tianmen 和尚
Guiyang 和尚, 師父
Zunyi 和尚
Bijie 和尚
Liping 和尚
Zhaotong 和尚
Dali 和尚
Kunming 和尚
Mengzi 和尚
Guilin 和尚
Guilin (Lingui) 和尚
Liuzhou 和尚, 師父
Liuzhou (Luorong) 和尚
Nanning (Wuming) 和尚
Jishou 和尚
Changde 和尚
Hanzhong 和尚
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 和尚
Yangzhou 和尚
Lianyungang 和尚
Lianshui 和尚
Nantong 和尚
Anqing 和尚
Wuhu 和尚
Hefei 和尚
Hong'an 和尚
Cantonese Guangzhou 和尚
Hong Kong 和尚
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 和尚
Macau 和尚
Guangzhou (Panyu) 和尚
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 和尚
Guangzhou (Conghua) 和尚
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 和尚
Foshan 和尚
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 和尚
Foshan (Shunde) 和尚
Foshan (Sanshui) 和尚
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 和尚
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 和尚
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 和尚
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 和尚
Zhuhai (Doumen) 和尚
Jiangmen (Baisha) 和尚
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 和尚
Taishan 和尚
Kaiping (Chikan) 和尚
Enping (Niujiang) 和尚
Heshan (Yayao) 和尚
Dongguan 和尚
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 和尚
Qingyuan 和尚
Fogang 和尚
Yingde (Hanguang) 和尚
Yangshan 和尚
Lianshan (Butian) 和尚
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 和尚
Shaoguan 和尚
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 和尚
Renhua 和尚
Lechang 和尚
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 和尚
Sihui 和尚
Guangning 和尚
Deqing 和尚
Huaiji 和尚
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 和尚
Yunfu 和尚
Xinxing 和尚
Luoding 和尚
Yunan (Pingtai) 和尚
Xinyi 和尚
Lianjiang 和尚
Nanning 和尚
Wuzhou 和尚
Yulin 和尚
Hepu (Lianzhou) 和尚
Guiping 和尚
Mengshan (Xihe) 和尚
Guigang (Nanjiang) 和尚
Beiliu (Tangliao) 和尚
Baise 和尚
Bobai 和尚
Lingshan 和尚
Pubei 和尚
Qinzhou 和尚
Beihai 和尚
Ningming 和尚
Hengzhou 和尚
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 和尚
Gan Nanchang 和尚
Pengze 和尚
Lichuan 和尚
Pingxiang 和尚
Hakka Meixian 和尚, 齋公
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 和尚
Dongguan (Qingxi) 和尚
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 和尚
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 和尚
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 和尚
Yudu 和尚
Ruijin 和尚
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 和尚, 齋公仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 和尚, 齋牯, 齋公
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 和尚, 齋公仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 和尚, 齋公
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 和尚, 齋公仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 和尚
Luchuan (Daqiao) 和尚
Beiliu (Tang'an) 和尚
Mashan (Pianlian) 師父
Huizhou Jixi 和尚
Shexian 和尚
Jin Taiyuan 和尚
Pingyao 和尚
Yangyuan 和尚
Datong 和尚
Xinzhou 和尚
Lüliang (Lishi) 和尚
Changzhi 和尚
Linhe 和尚
Jining 和尚
Hohhot 和尚
Erenhot 和尚
Pingshan 和尚
Zhangjiakou 和尚
Handan 和尚
Linzhou 和尚
Suide 和尚
Northern Min Jian'ou 道老
Songxi 長老
Zhenghe 長老
Jianyang 長老
Wuyishan 長老
Pucheng (Shibei) 長老
Eastern Min Fuzhou 和尚
Fuqing 和尚, 仙師
Southern Min Xiamen 和尚
Quanzhou 和尚
Zhangzhou 和尚
Taipei 和尚
New Taipei (Sanxia) 和尚
Kaohsiung 和尚
Yilan 和尚
Changhua (Lukang) 和尚
Taichung 和尚
Tainan 和尚
Hsinchu 和尚
Kinmen 和尚
Penghu (Magong) 和尚
Penang (Hokkien) 和尚
Manila (Hokkien) 和尚
Zhangping (Yongfu) 和尚
Datian 和尚
Shunchang (Pushang) 和尚
Pingnan (Shangdu) 和尚
Chaozhou 和尚
Shantou 師父
Shantou (Chenghai) 師父
Jieyang 和尚
Leizhou 和尚
Haikou 和尚
Puxian Min Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 和尚
Central Min Yong'an 和尚, 長老
Sanming (Sanyuan) 長老
Sanming (Shaxian) 和尚
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 和尚
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 和尚
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 和尚
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 和尚
Nanning (Shajing) 和尚
Binyang (Xinqiao) 和尚
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 和尚
Guilin (Chaoyang) 和尚
Guilin (Zhuyuan) 和尚
Lingchuan (Tanxia) 和尚
Wu Shanghai 和尚
Shanghai (Songjiang) 和尚
Shanghai (Jiading) 和尚
Shanghai (Chongming) 和尚
Suzhou 和尚
Danyang 和尚
Hangzhou 和尚
Ningbo 和尚
Wenzhou 和尚
Jinhua 和尚
Xiang Changsha 和尚
Loudi 齋公
Quanzhou 和尚
Guanyang (Wenshi) 和尚

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (長老):

Japanese

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

Noun

長(ちょう)老(ろう) • (chōrō) 

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
長老

Noun

長老 • (jangno) (hangeul 장로)

  1. hanja form? of 장로 (“elder”)
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