老人

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (老人)		老	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎorén

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

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)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxlaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁴¹⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/

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

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 (Shèngdànlǎorén)

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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