老少

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
trad. (老少)		老	少
simp. ^#(老少)		老	少

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎoshào

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ siu³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nó͘-siàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoshào
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshào
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-shao⁴
  - Yale: lǎu-shàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshaw
  - Palladius: лаошао (laošao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ siu³
  - Yale: lóuh siu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ siu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ xiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ siːu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘-siàu
  - Tâi-lô: nóo-siàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nofsiaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siau²¹/

Noun

老少

the young and the old

Synonyms

老嫩 (Hakka)
老小 (lǎoxiǎo)
老幼 (lǎoyòu) (literary)
長幼 / 长幼 (zhǎngyòu)

Derived terms

男女老少 (nánnǚlǎoshào)
老少一同
老少咸宜 (lǎoshàoxiányí)
老少平安 (lǎoshào píng'ān)
老少無欺 / 老少无欺
老少男女 (lǎoshàonánnǚ)
老少配
老老少少
黃泉路上沒老少 / 黄泉路上没老少

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	少
ろう Grade: 4	しょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

老(ろう)少(しょう) • (rōshō)

old and young