養老

See also: 养老

Chinese

		give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring someone up; to raise (pig, etc.)	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (養老)		養	老
simp. (养老)		养	老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnglǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ lou⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ióng-ló / ióng-nó͘ / iáng-ló / iáng-nó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): iang² lao²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnglǎo [Phonetic: yánglǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnglǎo
  - Wade–Giles: yang³-lao³
  - Yale: yǎng-lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanglao
  - Palladius: янлао (janlao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁵ lou⁵
  - Yale: yéuhng lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³ lou̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng-ló
  - Tâi-lô: ióng-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iofngloir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: ióng-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iofngnor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nɔ̃⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nɔ̃⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáng-ló
  - Tâi-lô: iáng-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iafngloir
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáng-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: iáng-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iafngnor
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nɔ̃⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nɔ̃⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iang² lao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iáng láu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ lau⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

養老

to support the elderly
(of an older person) to enjoy retirement

Derived terms

養老村 / 养老村 (yǎnglǎocūn)
養老社區 / 养老社区 (yǎnglǎo shèqū)
養老護理 / 养老护理 (yǎnglǎo hùlǐ)
養老金 / 养老金 (yǎnglǎojīn)
養老院 / 养老院 (yǎnglǎoyuàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
養	老
よう Grade: 4	ろう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

養(よう)老(ろう) • (yōrō)

making provision for retirement or the elderly
living comfortably in old age
clipping of 養老絞 (yōrōshibori)

Derived terms

養老院(ようろういん) (yōrōin)
養老年金(ようろうねんきん) (yōrōnenkin)

Proper noun

養(よう)老(ろう) • (Yōrō)

The Yōrō era, 717-724

Derived terms

養老律令(ようろうりつりょう) (Yōrō ritsuryō)

Related terms

養老駅(ようろうえき) (Yōrō eki)
養老川(ようろうがわ) (Yōrō-gawa)
養老郡(ようろうぐん) (Yōrō-gun)
養老山(ようろうさん) (Yōrō-san)
養老山地(ようろうさんち) (Yōrō-sanchi)
養老神社(ようろうじんじゃ) (Yōrō-jinja)
養老線(ようろうせん) (Yōrō-sen)
養老(ようろう)の滝(たき) (Yōrō no taki)
養老町(ようろうちょう) (Yōrō-chō)

Descendants

English: Yoro