老漢

See also: 老汉

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	Chinese; name of a dynasty; man
trad. (老漢)		老	漢
simp. (老汉)		老	汉

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lǎohàn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄢˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лохан (lohan, II-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ hon³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-hon
Min Nan (POJ): lǎu-hàn / lāu-hàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎohàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎohàn
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-han⁴
  - Yale: lǎu-hàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laohann
  - Palladius: лаохань (laoxanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xän⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лохан (lohan, II-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔ⁵¹ xæ̃²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ hon³
  - Yale: lóuh hon
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ hon³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ hon³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ hɔːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-hon
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo` hon
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ hon⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ hon⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-hàn
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-hàn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² han⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-hàn
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-hàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxhaxn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ han²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ han¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ han²¹/

Noun

老漢

old man

Pronoun

老漢

I (used by an old person)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	漢
ろう Grade: 4	かん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
老漢 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/raukan/ → /rɔːkan/ → /roːkan/

From Middle Chinese compound 老漢／老汉 (law^X xan^H, literally “old + Han Chinese”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon

(Tokyo) ろーかん [ròókáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

老(ろう)漢(かん) • (rōkan) ^{←らうかん (raukan)^?}

an old man
I, me (a humble form of self-reference used by males)
an old monk, an old priest, particularly the head of a temple

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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