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	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	year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
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): nó͘-liân / ló-liân / láu-liân / lāu-liân

(Teochew, Peng'im): lao⁶ ni⁵

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): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ njɛn³⁵/
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` ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ ɲi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo` ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ ɲi̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (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

old age; autumn years

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 老年

尾梢 (Min Nan)
晚年 (wǎnnián)
暮年 (mùnián)
皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)

食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Min Nan)
夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
白頭／白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
遲暮／迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
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 (lǎonián chīdāizhèng)
老年精神病 (lǎonián jīngshénbìng)

Adverb

老年

(literary) in former times

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	年
ろう Grade: 4	ねん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

老(ろう)年(ねん) • (rōnen)

old age

Synonyms

晩年(ばんねん) (bannen)

Korean

Hanja in this term
老	年

Noun

老年 • (nonyeon) (hangeul 노년)

Hanja form^? of 노년 (“old age”).

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