老人
Chinese
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
man; person; people | ||
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trad. (老人) | 老 | 人 | |
simp. #(老人) | 老 | 人 | |
alternative forms | 老儂/老侬 coastal Min (colloquial) |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
- (old person):
- (elder):
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “elder”):
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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老 | 人 |
ろう Grade: 4 |
じん Grade: 1 |
kan’on |
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably borrowed from Chinese”)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 老人性 (rōjinsei, “senile”)
- 老人福祉 (rōjin fukushi, “welfare for the aged”)
- 老人医学 (rōjin igaku, “geriatrics”)
- 老人学 (rōjingaku, “gerontology”)
- 老人福祉施設 (rōjin fukushishisetsu, “retirement home”)
- 老人性白内障 (rōjinsei hakunaishō, “senile cataract”)
- 老人ホーム (rōjin hōmu, “nursing home”)
- 老人斑 (rōjinhan, “senile plaque”)
- 老人施設 (rōjin shisetsu, “old folks' home”)
- 老人介護 (rōjin kaigo, “elderly care”)
- 老人問題 (rōjin mondai, “problems of the elderly; problems of an aging society”)
- 老人保健施設 (rōjin hokenshisetsu, “rehabilitation facility for the elderly”)
- 老人病 (rōjinbyō, “geriatric diseases”)
- 老人医療 (rōjin iryō, “geriatrics”)
- 老人病院 (rōjin byōin, “geriatric hospital”)
- 老人福祉法 (rōjin fukushihō, “elderly welfare law”)
- 老人医療保険 (rōjin iryōhoken, “medical insurance for the elderly”)
- 老人力 (rōjinryoku, “grey power”)
- 老人性痴呆 (rōjinsei chihō, “senile dementia”)
- 老人性痴呆症 (rōjinsei chihōshō, “senile dementia”)
- 老人性認知症 (rōjinsei ninchishō, “senile dementia”)
- 老人遺棄 (rōjin iki, “abandoning old people in the mountains, etc.”)
- 老人性愛 (rōjin seiai, “gerontophilia”)
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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