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		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)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

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: ngian² lo³
  - 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

(archaic) veteran official; bureaucrat with experience and character
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)

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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