長者

Chinese
 
long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 ‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)
trad. (長者) 長 者
simp. (长者) 长 者

Etymology
“Jiang Zemin”
Quoted from an interview with a Hong Kong journalist (the term 圖樣圖森破／图样图森破 (túyàngtúsēnpò) is also derived from the same interview):
我很抱歉，我今天是作為一個長者跟你們講。 [MSC, trad.]
我很抱歉，我今天是作为一个长者跟你们讲。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ hěn bàoqiàn, wǒ jīntiān shì zuòwèi yīge zhǎngzhě gēn nǐmen jiǎng. [Pinyin]
I'm very sorry. Today I am speaking to you as an elder.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 長 者
Reading # 2/3 1/1
Initial (聲) 知 (9) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 陽 (105) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 知丈切 章也切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʈɨɐŋX/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈiɐŋX/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȶiɑŋX/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈɨaŋX/ /ciaX/
Li
Rong		 /ȶiaŋX/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Wang
Li		 /ȶĭaŋX/ /t͡ɕĭaX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȶi̯aŋX/ /t͡ɕi̯aX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhǎng zhě
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 zoeng2 ze2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 長 者
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhǎng zhě
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ trjangX › ‹ tsyæX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*traŋʔ/ /*tAʔ/
English grow; elder (nominalizing particle)

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 長 者
Reading # 1/3 1/1
No. 1263 16960
Phonetic
component		 長 者
Rime
group		 陽 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 長 者
Old
Chinese		 /*taŋʔ/ /*tjaːʔ/
Notes 說文古旅聲。甲金文象足印小坎積水，
爲瀦初文，用詹鄞鑫說

Noun

長者

  1. elder; senior
  2. rich person
  3. a term of respect for a man
  4. (archaic) high official
  5. (archaic) person of high moral standing
  6. (archaic) well-known person; celebrity

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (長者):

Proper noun

長者

  1. (Internet slang) Jiang Zemin

Japanese
Kanji in this term
長 者
ちょう
Grade: 2		 しゃ > じゃ
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
長者 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

長(ちょう)者(じゃ) • (chōja) ←ちやうじや (tyauzya)?

  1. (also ちょうしゃ) elder; senior; a virtuous person
  2. rich person
    百(ひゃく)万(まん)長(ちょう)者(じゃ)、億(おく)万(まん)長(ちょう)者(じゃ)
    hyakumanchōja, okumanchōja
    millionaire, billionaire
  3. leader of a lineage
  4. (archaic) chief of a post station (shukuba)
  5. (archaic) owner or leader of a brothel in a post station (shukuba)

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

Korean
Hanja in this term
長者

Noun

長者 • (jangja) (hangeul 장자)

  1. Hanja form? of 장자 (“very wealthy person; wise and virtuous older person; etc.”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
長者

Noun

長者 • (trưởng giả)

  1. chữ Hán form of trưởng giả (“bourgeois”).
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