老中青

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)
trad. (老中青)		老	中	青
simp. #(老中青)		老	中	青

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎozhōngqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ zung¹ cing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozhōngqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎojhongcing
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-chung¹-chʻing¹
    • Yale: lǎu-jūng-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laojongching
    • Palladius: лаочжунцин (laočžuncin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ zung¹ cing¹
    • Yale: lóuh jūng chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ dzung¹ tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ zung¹ qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

老中青

1. Short for 老年人 (lǎoniánrén) + 中年人 (zhōngniánrén) + 青年人 (qīngniánrén): “the old, the middle-aged and the young”.