老親

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (老親)		老	親
simp. (老亲)		老	亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ can¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎocin
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-chʻin¹
    • Yale: lǎu-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laochin
    • Palladius: лаоцинь (laocinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ can¹
    • Yale: lóuh chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

老親

1. elderly parents

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (老親):

• → Japanese: 老親(ろうしん) (rōshin)
• → Korean: 로친(老親) (rochin), 노친(老親) (nochin)
• → Vietnamese: lão thân (老親)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	親
ろう Grade: 4	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːɕĩɴ]

Noun

老(ろう)親(しん) • (rōshin) 

1. an elderly parent
   • 1912, Aoyagi Nanmei, Chōsen yadanshū [Korean interviews]‎^[1], page 14:

     然(しか)れども家(いえ)に老(ろう)親(しん)有(あ)り、願(ねが)くは一(ひと)たび辞(じ)して行(い)くこと如何(いかが)と

     shikaredomo ie ni rōshin ari, negaku wa hitotabi jishite iku koto ikaga to

     I have elderly parents at home, and my wish is to somehow leave and go to them one time