長者

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Chinese

long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
 ‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
trad. (長者) 長 者
simp. (长者) 长 者
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Etymology

“Jiang Zemin”
Quoted from an interview with a Hong Kong journalist (the term 圖樣圖森破／图样图森破 (túyàngtúsēnpò) is also derived from the same interview):
我很抱歉，我今天是作為一個長者跟你們講。 [MSC, trad.]
我很抱歉，我今天是作为一个长者跟你们讲。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ hěn bàoqiàn, wǒ jīntiān shì zuòwèi yīge zhǎngzhě gēn nǐmen jiǎng.
I'm very sorry. Today I am speaking to you as an elder.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 長 者
Reading # 2/3 1/1
Initial (聲) 知 (9) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 陽 (105) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 知丈切 章也切
Baxter trjangX tsyaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈɨɐŋX/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈiɐŋX/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶiɑŋX/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈɨaŋX/ /ciaX/
Li
Rong 		/ȶiaŋX/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Wang
Li 		/ȶĭaŋX/ /t͡ɕĭaX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȶi̯aŋX/ /t͡ɕi̯aX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhǎng zhě
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zoeng2 ze2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 長 者
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhǎng zhě
Middle
Chinese 		‹ trjangX › ‹ tsyæX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*traŋʔ/ /*tAʔ/
English grow; elder (nominalizing particle)

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 者
Reading # 1/3 1/1
No. 1263 16960
Phonetic
component 		長 者
Rime
group 		陽 魚
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		長 者
Old
Chinese 		/*taŋʔ/ /*tjaːʔ/
Notes 說文古旅聲。甲金文象足印小坎積水，
爲瀦初文，用詹鄞鑫說

Noun

長者

  1. elder; senior
  2. rich person
  3. a term of respect for a man
  4. (archaic) high official
  5. (archaic) person of high moral standing
  6. (archaic) well-known person; celebrity

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (長者):

Proper noun

長者

  1. (Internet slang) Jiang Zemin

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長 者
ちょう
Grade: 2 		しゃ > じゃ
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
長者 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

長(ちょう)者(じゃ) • (chōja) ←ちやうじや (tyauzya)?

  1. (also ちょうしゃ) elder; senior; a virtuous person
  2. rich person
    百(ひゃく)万(まん)長(ちょう)者(じゃ)、億(おく)万(まん)長(ちょう)者(じゃ)
    hyakumanchōja, okumanchōja
    millionaire, billionaire
  3. leader of a lineage
  4. (archaic) chief of a post station (shukuba)
  5. (archaic) owner or leader of a brothel in a post station (shukuba)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
長者

Noun

長者 • (jangja) (hangeul 장자)

  1. hanja form? of 장자 (“very wealthy person; wise and virtuous older person; etc.”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
長者

Noun

長者 • (trưởng giả)

  1. chữ Hán form of trưởng giả (“bourgeois”).
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