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old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)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)
simp. (长老)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/3 1/1
Initial () (9) (37)
Final () (105) (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
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/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶi̯aŋX/ /lɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhǎng lǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zoeng2 lou5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/3 1/1
No. 1263 7666
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
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

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Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (長老):

Japanese

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

Noun

(ちょう)(ろう) (chōrō

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

長老 (jangno) (hangeul 장로)

  1. hanja form? of 장로 (elder)