Chinese

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old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
man; person; people
trad. (老人)
simp. #(老人)
alternative forms 老儂老侬 coastal Min (colloquial)

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • lāu-lâng - colloquial;
  • ló-jîn - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (38)
Final () (89) (43)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter lawX nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑuX/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑuX/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑuX/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lawX/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/lɑuX/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/lɑuX/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lɑuX/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lǎo rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lou5 jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lǎo rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ lawX › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.rˁuʔ/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English old (other) person

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 # 1/1 1/1
No. 7666 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ruːʔ/ /*njin/

Noun

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老人

  1. old person; the old; the elderly
    父親看起來精神矍鑠老人 [MSC, trad.]
    父亲看起来精神矍铄老人 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de fùqīn kànqilai shì yī wèi jīngshén juéshuò de lǎorén. [Pinyin]
    His father looks like a sprightly old man.
    老人一直小孩無不歡欣鼓舞 [MSC, trad.]
    老人一直小孩无不欢欣鼓舞 [MSC, simp.]
    Cóng lǎorén yīzhí dào xiǎohái wúbù huānxīngǔwǔ. [Pinyin]
    Everyone from the elderly to the children rejoiced.
  2. elder

Synonyms

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  • (old person):
  • (elder):

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of elder):

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (老人):
  • Japanese: 老人(ろうじん) (rōjin)
  • Korean: 노인(老人) (noin)

See also

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ろう
Grade: 4
じん
Grade: 1
kan'on

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably borrowed from Chinese”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ろう)(じん) (rōjinらうじん (rauzin)?

  1. old person; elderly

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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老人 (noin) (hangeul 노인)

  1. hanja form? of 노인 (old person, elderly)
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Note 3