長老

See also: 长老

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (長老)		長	老
simp. (长老)		长	老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǎnglǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² lou⁵
Min Nan (POJ): tióng-nó͘ / tióng-ló / tiúⁿ-ló / tiáng-ló

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǎnglǎo [Phonetic: zhánglǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaanglao
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng² lou⁵
  - Yale: jéung lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng² lou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕœːŋ³⁵ lou̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tióng-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tióng-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diofngnor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tióng-ló
  - Tâi-lô: tióng-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diofngloir
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɤ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiúⁿ-ló
  - Tâi-lô: tiúnn-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dviwloir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiũ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiáng-ló
  - Tâi-lô: tiáng-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diafngloir
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo⁵³/

Noun

長老

elder; senior; oldster
(Christianity) presbyter; elder
reverent address for an old monk or an elder of a religion

Derived terms

長老會／长老会 (zhǎnglǎohuì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長	老
ちょう Grade: 2	ろう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

長老 (hiragana ちょうろう, rōmaji chōrō)

an elder, an old man
an elder in a church

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