老漢

See also: 老汉

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	Chinese; name of a dynasty; man
trad. (老漢)		老	漢
simp. (老汉)		老	汉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lǎohàn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄢˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): лохан (II-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ hon³
Min Nan (POJ): lǎu-hàn / lāu-hàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎohàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laohann
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xa̠n⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: лохан (II-I)
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔː⁵¹ xæ̃²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ hon³
  - Yale: lóuh hon
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ hon³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ hon³
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ hɔːn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-hàn
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-hàn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²² han⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-hàn
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-hàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxhaxn
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ han¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ han²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ han²¹/

Noun

老漢

an old person
(old) man

Pronoun

老漢

I (used by an old person)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	漢
ろう Grade: 4	かん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

/raukan/ → /rɔːkan/ → /roːkan/

From Middle Chinese compound 老漢 (law^X xan^H, literally “old + Han Chinese”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) ろーかん [ròókáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

老漢 (hiragana ろうかん, rōmaji rōkan, historical hiragana らうかん)

an old man
I, me (a humble form of self-reference used by males)
an old monk, an old priest, particularly the head of a temple

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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