敬老院

Chinese

		to respect the elderly	courtyard; institution
trad. (敬老院)		敬老	院
simp. #(敬老院)		敬老	院

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnglǎoyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging³ lou⁵ jyun^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kèng-ló-īⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnglǎoyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnglǎoyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-lao³-yüan⁴
    • Yale: jìng-lǎu-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqlaoyuann
    • Palladius: цзинлаоюань (czinlaojuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging³ lou⁵ jyun^6-2
    • Yale: ging lóuh yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging³ lou⁵ jyn^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging³ lou⁵ yun^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³³ lou̯¹³ jyːn²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-ló-īⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kìng-ló-īnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keangloy'vi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ĩ²²/

Noun

敬老院

1. aged care facility; nursing home (Classifier: 家; 間／间)

Synonyms

• 休養所／休养所 (xiūyǎngsuǒ)
• 安老院 (ānlǎoyuàn) (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore)
• 安養院／安养院 (ānyǎngyuàn) (chiefly Taiwan)
• 療養院／疗养院 (liáoyǎngyuàn)
• 養老院／养老院 (yǎnglǎoyuàn)