老年

Chinese

	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	year
trad. (老年)	老	年
simp. ^#(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
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): nó͘-liân / ló-liân / láu-liân / lāu-liân

(Teochew, Peng'im): lao⁶ ni⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎonián
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎonián
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-nien²
  - Yale: lǎu-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laonian
  - Palladius: лаонянь (laonjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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^ˋ ngien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˋ ngian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
Southern Min
- (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): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-liân
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxlieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ liɛn¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lao⁶ ni⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lău nî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau³⁵⁻¹¹ ni⁵⁵/

Noun

老年

old age; autumn years

Synonyms

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夕陽 / 夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
晚年 (wǎnnián)
暮年 (mùnián)
白頭 / 白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
遲暮 / 迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Hokkien)
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
老年精神病 (lǎonián jīngshénbìng)

Adverb

老年

(literary) in former times

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ろーねん [ròónéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

老(ろう)年(ねん) • (rōnen)

old age

Synonyms

晩年(ばんねん) (bannen)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
老	年

Noun

老年 • (nonyeon) (hangeul 노년)

hanja form^? of 노년 (“old age”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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