年老

Chinese

		year	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
simp. and trad. (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
Min Nan (POJ): nî-lāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: niánlǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianlao
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nin⁴ lou⁵
  - Yale: nìhn lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ lou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ 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)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-lāu
  - Tâi-lô: nî-lāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nilau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² laʊ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² laʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² laʊ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ laʊ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ laʊ³³/

Adjective

年老

old; aged

Synonyms

垂老 (chuílǎo) (literary)
年歲大 (niánsuì dà)
年紀大 (niánjì dà)
年長／年长 (niánzhǎng)

老 (lǎo)
老大 (lǎodà) (literary)
老邁／老迈 (lǎomài) (senile)
衰老 (shuāilǎo) (senile)

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