老年人

Chinese

		old age; autumn years; in former times	man; person; people
trad. (老年人)		老年	人
simp. #(老年人)		老年	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoniánrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ nin⁴ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): lao⁶ ni⁵ nang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoniánrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoniánrén
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-nien²-jên²
    • Yale: lǎu-nyán-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laonianren
    • Palladius: лаоняньжэнь (laonjanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ nin⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: lóuh nìhn yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ nin⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ nin⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ niːn²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lao⁶ ni⁵ nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lău nî nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau³⁵⁻¹¹ ni⁵⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

老年人

1. old person; the old; the elderly

Synonyms

• 家先生 (Hakka, polite, term of address)
• 老人 (lǎorén)
• 老人家 (polite, term of address)
• 老大人 (Hokkien, polite, term of address)
• 老者 (lǎozhě) (literary)
• 黃髮／黄发 (huángfà) (literary)

 

See also

• 年輕人／年轻人 (niánqīngrén)