老中

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
trad. (老中)		老	中
simp. ^#(老中)		老	中

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎozhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎojhong
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-chung¹
  - Yale: lǎu-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laojong
  - Palladius: лаочжун (laočžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

老中

(historical) "elder", political role in the Tokugawa shogunate (江戶幕府／江户幕府)
(American (1980–), slang, derogatory depending on context) a Chinese person, Chinese immigrants

See also

老外 (lǎowài)
老美 (lǎoměi)
老墨 (lǎomò)
老白男 (lǎobáinán)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lǎo-Zhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Lǎo-Zhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Lǎojhong
  - Wade–Giles: Lao³-chung¹
  - Yale: Lǎu-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Laojong
  - Palladius: Лаочжун (Laočžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

老中

(Mainland China, Hong Kong) Laos-China
老中鐵路／老中铁路 ― Lǎo-Zhōng tiělù ― Laos-China Railway

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	中
ろう Grade: 4	じゅう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːʑɨː]

Noun

老(ろう)中(じゅう) or 老中(ろうちゅう) • (rōjū or rōchū) ^{←らうぢゅう (raudyuu)^?}

(historical) member of the council of elders during the Muromachi period; an elder [14th to 16th century]
(historical) a senior vassal to a daimyo during the Muromachi or the Sengoku period
(historical) a senior administrator, serving directly under the shogun, during the Tokugawa shogunate; elder [17th to 19th century]

References

“老中”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006