"老人" meaning in Chinese

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Noun

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /lo³¹ ŋin¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /se⁵⁵ neiŋ³³/ [Jian'ou, Sinological-IPA], /l̃au²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ nˡøyŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /lau³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /lau³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Singapore, Xiamen], /lau³³⁻²² laŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Jinjiang, Philippines], /lau²² laŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /lau⁵²⁻³⁵ naŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/, /lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹/, /lo³¹ ŋin¹¹/, /se⁵⁵ neiŋ³³/, /l̃au²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ nˡøyŋ⁵³/, /lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/, /lau³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/, /lau³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/, /lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/, /lau³³⁻²² laŋ²⁴/, /lau²² laŋ²⁴/, /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/, /lau⁵²⁻³⁵ naŋ⁵⁵/, /lɔ²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: lǎorén [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lou⁵ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ló-ngìn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], sē-nêng, lâu-nè̤ng, lāu-lâng [Hokkien, POJ], lǎu-lâng [Hokkien, POJ], ló-jîn [Hokkien, POJ], lao² nang⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶lau-gnin, lǎorén [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lǎorén [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lao³-jên² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǎu-rén [Mandarin, Yale], laoren [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лаожэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], laožɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], lóuh yàhn [Cantonese, Yale], lou⁵ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lou⁵ yen⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ló-ngìn [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], lo` nginˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], lo³ ngin² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], sē-nêng [Jian'ou, Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized], lâu-nè̤ng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], lāu-lâng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], lauxlaang [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], lǎu-lâng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ló-jîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], loyjiin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], láu nâng [POJ, Teochew], ⁶lau-gnin [Wu], lau^去 nyin [Wu], ³lau-nyin [Wu], /lɔ²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/ [Wu], lawX nyin [Middle-Chinese], /*C.rˤuʔ ni[ŋ]/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ruːʔ njin/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 老人
  1. old person; the old; the elderly
    Sense id: en-老人-zh-noun-A1~-ZUua Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Elementary Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 53 47
  2. elder Categories (topical): Age, People
    Sense id: en-老人-zh-noun-S60ursXN Disambiguation of Age: 37 63 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Elementary Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 老一輩 (lǎoyībèi), 老一辈 (lǎoyībèi)
Synonyms: 家先生 [Hakka, polite, term-of-address], 老人家 [polite, term-of-address], 老大人 [Hokkien, polite, term-of-address], 老年人 (lǎoniánrén), 老者 (lǎozhě) [literary], 黃髮 (huángfà) [literary], 黄发 (huángfà) [literary], 上一代 (shàng yīdài), 上輩 (shàngbèi), 上辈 (shàngbèi), 先輩 (xiānbèi), 先辈 (xiānbèi), 前輩 (qiánbèi), 前辈 (qiánbèi), 老勻 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 老匀 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 老輩 (lǎobèi), 老辈 (lǎobèi), 長輩 (zhǎngbèi), 长辈 (zhǎngbèi) Derived forms: 不聽老人言,吃虧在眼前/不听老人言,吃亏在眼前 (bùtīng lǎorén yán, chīkuī zài yǎnqián), 老人失智症 (lǎorén shīzhìzhèng), 老人家, 老人星 (Lǎorénxīng), 老人機 (lǎorénjī), 老人机 (lǎorénjī), 老人毋講古,少年毋捌寶, 老人毋讲古,少年毋捌宝, 老人贍養 (lǎorén shànyǎng), 老人赡养 (lǎorén shànyǎng), 耶誕老人 (yēdàn Lǎorén), 耶诞老人 (yēdàn Lǎorén), 聖誕老人 (Shèngdàn Lǎorén), 圣诞老人 (Shèngdàn Lǎorén)

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xià yīdài",
      "word": "下一代"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "下勻"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "下匀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiàbèi",
      "word": "下輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiàbèi",
      "word": "下辈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiao3 bei4 zi3",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "小輩子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiao3 bei4 zi3",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "小辈子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "序細"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "序细"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hòubèi",
      "word": "後輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hòubèi",
      "word": "后辈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǎnbèi",
      "word": "晚輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǎnbèi",
      "word": "晚辈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "細輩"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "细辈"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùtīng lǎorén yán, chīkuī zài yǎnqián",
      "word": "不聽老人言,吃虧在眼前/不听老人言,吃亏在眼前"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎorén shīzhìzhèng",
      "word": "老人失智症"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "老人家"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Lǎorénxīng",
      "word": "老人星"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎorénjī",
      "word": "老人機"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎorénjī",
      "word": "老人机"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "老人毋講古,少年毋捌寶"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "老人毋讲古,少年毋捌宝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎorén shànyǎng",
      "word": "老人贍養"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎorén shànyǎng",
      "word": "老人赡养"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yēdàn Lǎorén",
      "word": "耶誕老人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yēdàn Lǎorén",
      "word": "耶诞老人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Shèngdàn Lǎorén",
      "word": "聖誕老人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Shèngdàn Lǎorén",
      "word": "圣诞老人"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "老人"
          },
          "expansion": "老人",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "老人",
            "2": "ろうじん",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "老人(ろうじん) (rōjin)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "노인(老人)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 노인(老人) (noin)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "老人",
            "2": "ろうじん",
            "3": "노인",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "老人",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "老人",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "老人",
            "v": "老人",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (老人):\n* → Japanese: 老人(ろうじん) (rōjin)\n* → Korean: 노인(老人) (noin)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "ろうじん",
            "3": "노인"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (老人):\n* → Japanese: 老人(ろうじん) (rōjin)\n* → Korean: 노인(老人) (noin)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (老人):\n* → Japanese: 老人(ろうじん) (rōjin)\n* → Korean: 노인(老人) (noin)"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "老人",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎoyībèi",
      "word": "老一輩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎoyībèi",
      "word": "老一辈"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "His father looks like a sprightly old man.",
          "ref": "他的父親看起來是一位精神矍鑠的老人。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "他的父亲看起来是一位精神矍铄的老人。 [MSC, simp.]\nTā de fùqīn kànqilai shì yī wèi jīngshén juéshuò de lǎorén. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Everyone from the elderly to the children rejoiced.",
          "ref": "從老人一直到小孩無不歡欣鼓舞。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "从老人一直到小孩无不欢欣鼓舞。 [MSC, simp.]\nCóng lǎorén yīzhí dào xiǎohái wúbù huānxīngǔwǔ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old person; the old; the elderly"
      ],
      "id": "en-老人-zh-noun-A1~-ZUua",
      "links": [
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "elderly",
          "elderly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Age",
          "orig": "zh:Age",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "zh:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elder"
      ],
      "id": "en-老人-zh-noun-S60ursXN",
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎorén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sē-nêng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "lâu-nè̤ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lāu-lâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-lâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao² nang⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶lau-gnin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎorén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎorén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laoren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаожэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laožɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lo` nginˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lo³ ngin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo³¹ ŋin¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sē-nêng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se⁵⁵ neiŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lâu-nè̤ng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃au²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ nˡøyŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lāu-lâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lauxlaang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-lâng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³³⁻²² laŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²² laŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loyjiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu nâng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵²⁻³⁵ naŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶lau-gnin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau^去 nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³lau-nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/lɔ²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lawX nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*C.rˤuʔ ni[ŋ]/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ruːʔ njin/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lǎu-lâng /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo³¹ ŋin¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se⁵⁵ neiŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃au²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ nˡøyŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³³⁻²² laŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²² laŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵²⁻³⁵ naŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ruːʔ njin/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "polite",
        "term-of-address"
      ],
      "word": "家先生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "polite",
        "term-of-address"
      ],
      "word": "老人家"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "polite",
        "term-of-address"
      ],
      "word": "老大人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎoniánrén",
      "word": "老年人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎozhě",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "老者"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "huángfà",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "黃髮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "huángfà",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "黄发"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shàng yīdài",
      "word": "上一代"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shàngbèi",
      "word": "上輩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shàngbèi",
      "word": "上辈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiānbèi",
      "word": "先輩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiānbèi",
      "word": "先辈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiánbèi",
      "word": "前輩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiánbèi",
      "word": "前辈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "老勻"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "老匀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老輩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老辈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhǎngbèi",
      "word": "長輩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhǎngbèi",
      "word": "长辈"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老人"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xià yīdài",
      "word": "下一代"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "下勻"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "下匀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiàbèi",
      "word": "下輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiàbèi",
      "word": "下辈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiao3 bei4 zi3",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "小輩子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiao3 bei4 zi3",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "小辈子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "序細"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "序细"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hòubèi",
      "word": "後輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hòubèi",
      "word": "后辈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǎnbèi",
      "word": "晚輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǎnbèi",
      "word": "晚辈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "細輩"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "细辈"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Elementary Mandarin",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Northern Min lemmas",
    "Northern Min nouns",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "zh:Age",
    "zh:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bùtīng lǎorén yán, chīkuī zài yǎnqián",
      "word": "不聽老人言,吃虧在眼前/不听老人言,吃亏在眼前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎorén shīzhìzhèng",
      "word": "老人失智症"
    },
    {
      "word": "老人家"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Lǎorénxīng",
      "word": "老人星"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎorénjī",
      "word": "老人機"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎorénjī",
      "word": "老人机"
    },
    {
      "word": "老人毋講古,少年毋捌寶"
    },
    {
      "word": "老人毋讲古,少年毋捌宝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎorén shànyǎng",
      "word": "老人贍養"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎorén shànyǎng",
      "word": "老人赡养"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yēdàn Lǎorén",
      "word": "耶誕老人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yēdàn Lǎorén",
      "word": "耶诞老人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Shèngdàn Lǎorén",
      "word": "聖誕老人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Shèngdàn Lǎorén",
      "word": "圣诞老人"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "老人"
          },
          "expansion": "老人",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "老人",
            "2": "ろうじん",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "老人(ろうじん) (rōjin)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "노인(老人)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 노인(老人) (noin)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "老人",
            "2": "ろうじん",
            "3": "노인",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "老人",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "老人",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "老人",
            "v": "老人",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (老人):\n* → Japanese: 老人(ろうじん) (rōjin)\n* → Korean: 노인(老人) (noin)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "ろうじん",
            "3": "노인"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (老人):\n* → Japanese: 老人(ろうじん) (rōjin)\n* → Korean: 노인(老人) (noin)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (老人):\n* → Japanese: 老人(ろうじん) (rōjin)\n* → Korean: 노인(老人) (noin)"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "老人",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "lǎoyībèi",
      "word": "老一輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎoyībèi",
      "word": "老一辈"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "His father looks like a sprightly old man.",
          "ref": "他的父親看起來是一位精神矍鑠的老人。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "他的父亲看起来是一位精神矍铄的老人。 [MSC, simp.]\nTā de fùqīn kànqilai shì yī wèi jīngshén juéshuò de lǎorén. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Everyone from the elderly to the children rejoiced.",
          "ref": "從老人一直到小孩無不歡欣鼓舞。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "从老人一直到小孩无不欢欣鼓舞。 [MSC, simp.]\nCóng lǎorén yīzhí dào xiǎohái wúbù huānxīngǔwǔ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old person; the old; the elderly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "elderly",
          "elderly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "elder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎorén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sē-nêng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "lâu-nè̤ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lāu-lâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-lâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao² nang⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶lau-gnin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎorén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎorén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laoren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаожэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laožɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lo` nginˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lo³ ngin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo³¹ ŋin¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sē-nêng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se⁵⁵ neiŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lâu-nè̤ng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃au²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ nˡøyŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lāu-lâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lauxlaang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-lâng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³³⁻²² laŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²² laŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loyjiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu nâng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵²⁻³⁵ naŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶lau-gnin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau^去 nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³lau-nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/lɔ²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lawX nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*C.rˤuʔ ni[ŋ]/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ruːʔ njin/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lǎu-lâng /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo³¹ ŋin¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se⁵⁵ neiŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃au²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ nˡøyŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³³⁻²² laŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²² laŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵²⁻³⁵ naŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ruːʔ njin/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "polite",
        "term-of-address"
      ],
      "word": "家先生"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "polite",
        "term-of-address"
      ],
      "word": "老人家"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "polite",
        "term-of-address"
      ],
      "word": "老大人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎoniánrén",
      "word": "老年人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎozhě",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "老者"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huángfà",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "黃髮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huángfà",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "黄发"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shàng yīdài",
      "word": "上一代"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shàngbèi",
      "word": "上輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shàngbèi",
      "word": "上辈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānbèi",
      "word": "先輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānbèi",
      "word": "先辈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiánbèi",
      "word": "前輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiánbèi",
      "word": "前辈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "老勻"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "老匀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老辈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhǎngbèi",
      "word": "長輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhǎngbèi",
      "word": "长辈"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老人"
}

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