元老

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánlǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ lou⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-ló / ngiàn-ló
Min Nan (POJ): goân-ló͘ / goân-ló

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuánlǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanlao
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ lou⁵
  - Yale: yùhn lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ lou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ lou̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-ló
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ lo`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² lo³
  - IPA: /ɲi̯en¹¹ lo³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-ló
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ lo`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² lo³
  - IPA: /ɲi̯an¹¹ lo³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-ló͘
  - Tâi-lô: guân-lóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goanlor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /guan²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-ló
  - Tâi-lô: guân-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goanloir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /guan²⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /guan²⁴⁻¹¹ lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /guan¹³⁻²² lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan²³⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹/

Noun

元老

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

Derived terms

元老院 (yuánlǎoyuàn)

黨國元老／党国元老 (dǎngguóyuánlǎo)

Japanese

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

Noun

元老 (hiragana げんろう, rōmaji genrō)

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

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