老年

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	year
simp. and trad. (老年)		老	年
anagram		年老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎonián

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ nin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-ngièn / ló-ngiàn
• Min Nan (POJ): nó͘-liân / ló-liân / láu-liân / lāu-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎonián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laonian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎonián
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ njɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ nin⁴
    • Yale: lóuh nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ niːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo` ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo<sup>3</sup> ngian<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ ɲi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo` ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ ɲi̯an¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘-liân
    • Tâi-lô: nóo-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: noflieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-liân
    • Tâi-lô: ló-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loylieen
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-liân
    • Tâi-lô: láu-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lawlieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-liân
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxlieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ liɛn¹³/

Noun

老年

1. old age; autumn years

Synonyms

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• 夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
• 尾梢 (Min Nan)
• 晚年 (wǎnnián)
• 暮年 (mùnián)
• 白頭／白头 (báitóu) (figurative)

• 皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
• 老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
• 遲暮／迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
• 食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Min Nan)
• 餘年／余年 (yúnián)

Derived terms

• 中老年 (zhōnglǎonián)
• 老年人 (lǎoniánrén)
• 老年保健 (lǎonián bǎojiàn)

• 老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
• 老年痴呆症 (lǎonián chīdāizhèng)

Adverb

老年

1. (literary) in former times

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	年
ろう Grade: 4	ねん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

老(ろう)年(ねん) • (rōnen) 

1. old age

Synonyms

• 晩年(ばんねん) (bannen)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
老	年

Noun

老年 • (nonyeon) (hangeul 노년)

1. Hanja form^? of 노년 (“old age”).