老人

Chinese
 
old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 man; person; people
trad. (老人) 老 人
simp. #(老人) 老 人
alternative forms 老儂／老侬 Min Dong; Min Nan colloquial

Pronunciation

Note:
  • lāu-lâng - colloquial;
  • ló-jîn - literary.
Rime
Character 老 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 盧晧切 如鄰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /lɑuX/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lɑuX/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lɑuX/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lawX/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong		 /lɑuX/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li		 /lɑuX/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lɑuX/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lǎo rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 lou5 jan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 老 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lǎo rén
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ lawX › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.rˁuʔ/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English old (other) person

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 老 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7666 10800
Phonetic
component		 老 人
Rime
group		 幽 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 老 仁
Old
Chinese		 /*ruːʔ/ /*njin/

Noun

老人

  1. old person; the old; the elderly
    他的父親看起來是一位精神矍鑠的老人。 [MSC, trad.]
    他的父亲看起来是一位精神矍铄的老人。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de fùqīn kànqilai shì yī wèi jīngshén juéshuò de lǎorén. [Pinyin]
    His father looks like a sprightly old man.
    從老人一直到小孩無不歡欣鼓舞。 [MSC, trad.]
    从老人一直到小孩无不欢欣鼓舞。 [MSC, simp.]
    Cóng lǎorén yīzhí dào xiǎohái wúbù huānxīngǔwǔ. [Pinyin]
    Everyone from the elderly to the children rejoiced.
  2. elder

Synonyms
  • (old person):
  • 家先生 (Hakka, polite, term of address)
  • 老人家 (lǎorenjia) (polite, term of address)
  • 老大人 (Min Nan, polite, term of address)

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (老人):
  • → Japanese: 老人(ろうじん) (rōjin)
  • → Korean: 노인(老人) (noin)

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
老 人
ろう
Grade: 4		 じん
Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably borrowed from Chinese”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ろーじん [ròójíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

老(ろう)人(じん) • (rōjin) ←らうじん (rauzin)?

  1. old person; elderly

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)性(せい) (rōjinsei, “senile”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)福(ふく)祉(し) (rōjin fukushi, “welfare for the aged”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)医(い)学(がく) (rōjin igaku, “geriatrics”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)学(がく) (rōjingaku, “gerontology​”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)福(ふく)祉(し)施(し)設(せつ) (rōjin fukushishisetsu, “retirement home”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)性(せい)白(はく)内(ない)障(しょう) (rōjinsei hakunaishō, “senile cataract”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)ホーム (rōjin hōmu, “nursing home”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)斑(はん) (rōjinhan, “senile plaque”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)施(し)設(せつ) (rōjin shisetsu, “old folks' home”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)介(かい)護(ご) (rōjin kaigo, “elderly care”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)問(もん)題(だい) (rōjin mondai, “problems of the elderly; problems of an aging society”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)保(ほ)健(けん)施(し)設(せつ) (rōjin hokenshisetsu, “rehabilitation facility for the elderly​”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)病(びょう) (rōjinbyō, “geriatric diseases”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)医(い)療(りょう) (rōjin iryō, “geriatrics”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)病(びょう)院(いん) (rōjin byōin, “geriatric hospital”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)福(ふく)祉(し)法(ほう) (rōjin fukushihō, “elderly welfare law”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)医(い)療(りょう)保(ほ)険(けん) (rōjin iryōhoken, “medical insurance for the elderly”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)力(りょく) (rōjinryoku, “grey power”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)性(せい)痴(ち)呆(ほう) (rōjinsei chihō, “senile dementia”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)性(せい)痴(ち)呆(ほう)症(しょう) (rōjinsei chihōshō, “senile dementia”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)性(せい)認(にん)知(ち)症(しょう) (rōjinsei ninchishō, “senile dementia”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)遺(い)棄(き) (rōjin iki, “abandoning old people in the mountains, etc.​”)
  • 老(ろう)人(じん)性(せい)愛(あい) (rōjin seiai, “gerontophilia​”)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
老人

Noun

老人 • (noin) (hangeul 노인)

  1. Hanja form? of 노인 (“old person, elderly”).
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