耆老

Chinese

man of sixty or seventy
old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
trad. (耆老) 耆 老
simp. #(耆老) 耆 老

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 耆 老
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 渠脂切 盧晧切
Baxter gjij lawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡiɪ/ /lɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡi/ /lɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡjɪ/ /lɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gi/ /lawX/
Li
Rong 		/ɡi/ /lɑuX/
Wang
Li 		/ɡi/ /lɑuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/gi/ /lɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qí lǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kei4 lou5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 耆 老
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		qí lǎo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ gij › ‹ lawX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ɡ]rij/ /*C.rˁuʔ/
English old old

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 耆 老
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 17332 7666
Phonetic
component 		旨 老
Rime
group 		脂 幽
Rime
subdivision 		2 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		鬐 老
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡri/ /*ruːʔ/

Noun

耆老

  1. (literary) aged person; person of old age (especially venerable one)

Synonyms

  • 耆宿
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