老成

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
trad. (老成)		老	成
simp. #(老成)		老	成

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎochéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ sing⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-sṳ̀n
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nó͘-sêng / ló-sêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎochéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎochéng
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-chʻêng²
    • Yale: lǎu-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laocherng
    • Palladius: лаочэн (laočɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ sing⁴
    • Yale: lóuh sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ sɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo` siinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ sin²
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ sɨn¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘-sêng
    • Tâi-lô: nóo-sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nofseeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-sêng
    • Tâi-lô: ló-sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loyseeng
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²³/

Adjective

老成

1. experienced and steady; advanced in years and virtue; mature; sophisticated

   老成凋謝／老成凋谢  ―  lǎochéng diāoxiè  ―  An old and virtuous person has passed away.

2. (literary) skilfully written

Synonyms

• (experienced):

• 宿投 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 幹練／干练 (gànliàn)
• 精幹／精干 (jīnggàn)
• 精悍 (jīnghàn)
• 老到 (lǎodào)
• 老練／老练 (lǎoliàn)
• 老辦／老办 (lō̤-bâing) (Eastern Min)

 

Derived terms

• 久慣老成／久惯老成
• 少年老成
• 歷練老成／历练老成
• 波瀾老成／波澜老成
• 練達老成／练达老成
• 老成之見／老成之见
• 老成人
• 老成凋謝／老成凋谢
• 老成持重 (lǎochéng chízhòng)
• 老成穩重／老成稳重
• 老成練達／老成练达
• 老成見到／老成见到
• 老老成成
• 龍頭屬老成／龙头属老成

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (老成):

• → Japanese: 老成(ろうせい) (rōsei)
• → Korean: 로성(老成) (roseong), 노성(老成) (noseong)
• → Vietnamese: lão thành (老成)