老親

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (老親)		老	親
simp. (老亲)		老	亲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎoqīn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ can¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoqīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎocin
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-chʻin¹
  - Yale: lǎu-chīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laochin
  - Palladius: лаоцинь (laocinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ can¹
  - Yale: lóuh chān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ tsan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ cen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

老親

elderly parents

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (老親):

→ Japanese: 老親(ろうしん) (rōshin)
→ Korean: 로친(老親) (rochin), 노친(老親) (nochin)
→ Vietnamese: lão thân (老親)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	親
ろう Grade: 4	しん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːɕĩɴ]

Noun

老(ろう)親(しん) • (rōshin)

an elderly parent
- 1912, Aoyagi Nanmei, Chōsen yadanshū [Korean interviews]‎^[1], page 14:
  
  然(しか)れども家(いえ)に老(ろう)親(しん)有(あ)り、願(ねが)くは一(ひと)たび辞(じ)して行(い)くこと如何(いかが)と
  shikaredomo ie ni rōshin ari, negaku wa hitotabi jishite iku koto ikaga to
  I have elderly parents at home, and my wish is to somehow leave and go to them one time