二老

Chinese

		two	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (二老)		二	老
simp. ^#(二老)		二	老
anagram		老二

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èrlǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ lou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èrlǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èrlǎo
  - Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-lao³
  - Yale: èr-lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: elllao
  - Palladius: эрлао (erlao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ lou⁵
  - Yale: yih lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² lou̯¹³/

Noun

二老

the two elderly parents
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 二 (èr),‎ 老 (lǎo).
1. two elders; two venerable persons
  - 二老者，天下之大老也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
    From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE
    Èrlǎo zhě, tiānxià zhī dàlǎo yě. [Pinyin]
    Those two elders (Boyi and the Taigong Wang) were the most venerable seniors in the inhabited world.

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