老人

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (老人)		老	人
variant forms		老儂／老侬 Min Nan colloquial

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎorén

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-ngìn
Min Nan (POJ): lāu-lâng / ló-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎorén
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoren
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ jan⁴
  - Yale: lóuh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo` nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ ngin²
  - IPA: /lo³¹ ɲin¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxlaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: ló-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loyjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑin²³/

Note:

lāu-lâng - colloquial;
ló-jîn - literary.

Noun

老人

old person; 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. [Pinyin]
His father looks like a sprightly old man.
elder

Derived terms

不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前／不听老人言，吃亏在眼前 (bùtīng lǎorén yán, chīkuī zài yǎnqián)
老人失智症 (lǎorén shīzhìzhèng)
老人家 (lǎorenjia)

老人贍養／老人赡养 (lǎorén shànyǎng)
耶誕老人／耶诞老人 (Yēdàn Lǎorén)
聖誕老人／圣诞老人 (Shèngdàn Lǎorén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	人
ろう Grade: 4	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

老人 (hiragana ろうじん, rōmaji rōjin)

old person, elderly

Korean

Hanja in this term
老	人

Noun

老人 • (noin) (hangeul 노인)

Hanja form^? of 노인 (“old person, elderly”).

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