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		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	year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

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• 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

1. 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

1. (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])
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

老(ろう)年(ねん) • (rōnen) 

1. old age

Synonyms

• 晩年(ばんねん) (bannen)

Korean

Hanja in this term
老	年

Noun

老年 • (nonyeon) (hangeul 노년)

1. hanja form^? of 노년 (“old age”)