養老

See also: 养老

Chinese

		give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (養老)		養	老
simp. (养老)		养	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnglǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ lou⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ióng-ló / ióng-nó͘ / iáng-ló / iáng-nó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iang² lao²

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnglǎo [Phonetic: yánglǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnglǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yang³-lao³
    • Yale: yǎng-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanglao
    • Palladius: янлао (janlao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁵ lou⁵
    • Yale: yéuhng lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³ lou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng-ló
    • Tâi-lô: ióng-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iofngloir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng-nó͘
    • Tâi-lô: ióng-nóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iofngnor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nɔ̃⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nɔ̃⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáng-ló
    • Tâi-lô: iáng-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafngloir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáng-nó͘
    • Tâi-lô: iáng-nóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafngnor
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nɔ̃⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nɔ̃⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iang² lao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iáng láu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ lau⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

養老

1. to support the elderly
2. (of an older person) to enjoy retirement

Derived terms

• 養老村／养老村 (yǎnglǎocūn)
• 養老社區／养老社区 (yǎnglǎo shèqū)
• 養老護理／养老护理 (yǎnglǎo hùlǐ)
• 養老金／养老金 (yǎnglǎojīn)
• 養老院／养老院 (yǎnglǎoyuàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
養	老
よう Grade: 4	ろう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

養(よう)老(ろう) • (yōrō) 

1. making provision for retirement or the elderly
2. living comfortably in old age
3. Clipping of 養老絞 (yōrōshibori).

Derived terms

• 養老院(ようろういん) (yōrōin)
• 養老年金(ようろうねんきん) (yōrōnenkin)

Proper noun

養(よう)老(ろう) • (Yōrō) 

1. The Yōrō era, 717-724

Derived terms

• 養老律令(ようろうりつりょう) (Yōrō ritsuryō)

See also

• 霊亀(れいき) (Reiki) (era preceding Yōrō)
• 神亀(じんき) (Jinki) (era following Yōrō)

Related terms

• 養老駅(ようろうえき) (Yōrō eki)
• 養老川(ようろうがわ) (Yōrō-gawa)
• 養老郡(ようろうぐん) (Yōrō-gun)
• 養老山(ようろうさん) (Yōrō-san)
• 養老山地(ようろうさんち) (Yōrō-sanchi)
• 養老神社(ようろうじんじゃ) (Yōrō-jinja)
• 養老線(ようろうせん) (Yōrō-sen)
• 養老(ようろう)の滝(たき) (Yōrō no taki)
• 養老町(ようろうちょう) (Yōrō-chō)

Descendants

• English: Yoro