長幼

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	young
trad. (長幼)		長	幼
simp. (长幼)		长	幼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎngyòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² jau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chóng-yu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎngyòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎngyòu
    • Wade–Giles: chang³-yu⁴
    • Yale: jǎng-yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangyow
    • Palladius: чжанъю (čžanʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng² jau⁴
    • Yale: jéung yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng² yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong` iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong<sup>3</sup> yiu<sup>4</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ i̯u⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong` (r)iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong³ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ (j)i̯u⁵⁵/

Noun

長幼

1. the young and the old

Synonyms

• 老嫩 (Hakka)
• 老小 (lǎoxiǎo)
• 老少 (lǎoshào)
• 老幼 (lǎoyòu) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 尊卑長幼／尊卑长幼
• 長幼尊卑／长幼尊卑 (zhǎngyòuzūnbēi)
• 長幼有序／长幼有序

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長	幼
ちょう Grade: 2	よう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

長(ちょう)幼(よう) • (chōyō) 

1. the young and the old

Synonyms

• 老幼(ろうよう) (rōyō)