元老

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (元老)		元	老
simp. #(元老)		元	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ lou⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-ló / ngiàn-ló
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-ló / goân-ló͘ / goân-nó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-lao³
    • Yale: ywán-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanlao
    • Palladius: юаньлао (juanʹlao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ lou⁵
    • Yale: yùhn lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ lou̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-ló
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ lo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian<sup>2</sup> lo<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ lo³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-ló
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ lo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² lo³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ lo³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-ló
    • Tâi-lô: guân-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goanloir
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-ló͘
    • Tâi-lô: guân-lóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goanlor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-nó͘
    • Tâi-lô: guân-nóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goannor
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ nɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ nɔ̃⁴¹/

Noun

元老

1. (archaic) veteran official; bureaucrat with experience and character
2. chief figure; veteran member

Derived terms

• 三朝元老 (sāncháoyuánlǎo)
• 元老院 (yuánlǎoyuàn)
• 黨國元老／党国元老 (dǎngguóyuánlǎo)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (元老):

• → Japanese: 元老(げんろう) (genrō)
• → Korean: 원로(元老) (wollo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
元	老
げん Grade: 2	ろう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

元(げん)老(ろう) • (genrō) 

1. elder statesman
2. one of the advisors to the emperor from the latter part of the Meiji period until World War II