年老

Chinese

		year	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (年老)		年	老
simp. #(年老)		年	老
anagram		老年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niánlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ lou⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-ló / ngiàn-ló
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-lāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niánlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niánlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-lao³
    • Yale: nyán-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianlao
    • Palladius: няньлао (njanʹlao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁴ lou⁵
    • Yale: nìhn lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ 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)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-lāu
    • Tâi-lô: nî-lāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nilau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² lau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² lau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² lau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ lau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ lau³³/

Adjective

年老

1. old; aged

Synonyms

• 下架 (xia⁵ jia⁴) (Xiang)
• 垂老 (chuílǎo) (literary)
• 年歲大／年岁大 (niánsuì dà)
• 年紀大／年纪大 (niánjì dà)
• 年長／年长 (niánzhǎng)
• 老 (lǎo)
• 老大 (lǎodà) (literary)
• 老邁／老迈 (lǎomài) (senile)
• 蒼老／苍老 (cānglǎo)
• 衰老 (shuāilǎo) (senile)