老少

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
simp. and trad. (老少)		老	少

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎoshào

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ siu³
Min Nan (POJ): nó͘-siàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎoshào
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshaw
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ siu³
  - Yale: lóuh siu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ siu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ xiu³
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ siːu̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘-siàu
  - Tâi-lô: nóo-siàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nofsiaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaʊ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaʊ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaʊ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaʊ²¹/

Noun

老少

the old and the young

Derived terms

男女老少 (nánnǚlǎoshào)

老少咸宜 (lǎoshàoxiányí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	少
ろう Grade: 4	しょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

老少 (hiragana ろうしょう, rōmaji rōshō)

old and young

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