長者

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/3 1/1
Initial () (9) (23)
Final () (105) (100)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
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/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶi̯aŋX/ /t͡ɕi̯aX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhǎng zhě
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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. *[t] 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 16960
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*taŋʔ/ /*tjaːʔ/
Notes

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

Proper noun

長者

  1. (Internet slang) Jiang Zemin

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: 2
しゃ > じゃ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

長者 (hiragana ちょうじゃ, rōmaji chōja, historical hiragana ちやうじや)

  1. (also ちょうしゃ) elder; senior; a virtuous person
  2. rich person
     (ひゃく) (まん) (ちょう) (じゃ) (おく) (まん) (ちょう) (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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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