老身
Chinese
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老身) | 老 | 身 | |
| simp. #(老身) | 老 | 身 | |
Etymology
First attested in Beishi:
- 老身二十年侍中，與卿先君亟連職事，縱卿後進，何宜相排突也！ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: c. 659 CE, Li Yanshou, History of the Northern Dynasties
- Lǎoshēn èrshí nián shìzhōng, yǔ qīng xiānjūn jí lián zhíshì, zòng qīng hòujìn, hé yí xiàng páitū yě! [Pinyin]
- I was a shizhong for twenty years, being your father's colleague. Although you came into duty later [than me], how come you exclude me?!
老身二十年侍中，与卿先君亟连职事，纵卿后进，何宜相排突也！ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoshēn
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshen
- Wade–Giles: lao3-shên1
- Yale: lǎu-shēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshen
- Palladius: лаошэнь (laošɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 san1
- Yale: lóuh sān
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 san1
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 sen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ sɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Pronoun
老身
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 老 | 身 |
| ろう Grade: 4 |
しん Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːɕĩɴ]
Noun
老身 • (rōshin)
- (one’s own) old body; old age
- 青春は過ぎて老身が残る。
- Seishun wa sugite rōshin ga nokoru.
- Youth has passed and these old bones remain.
- 2015 April 26, “Hibakusha nanajū nen: mienu ‘kaku naki seikai’ [Atomic bombing survivors 70 years on: won't see ‘a world without weapons’]”, in Mainichi Shimbun, page 9:
- 被爆７０年の年に開かれるＮＰＴ再検討会議に合わせ、被爆者たちが老身を押してニューヨークに向かい、かの地で証言する。
- Hibaku nanajū-nen no toshi ni hirakareru Enu-Pī-Tī saikentō kaigi ni awase, hibakusha-tachi ga rōshin o oshite Nyū Yōku ni mukai, kano chi de shōgen suru.
- Convened seventy years after the bombings, this conference to reappraise the NPT [non-proliferation treaty] requires atomic bomb survivors to push their old bodies to New York to give testimony there.
- 被爆７０年の年に開かれるＮＰＴ再検討会議に合わせ、被爆者たちが老身を押してニューヨークに向かい、かの地で証言する。
- 青春は過ぎて老身が残る。