老少

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
trad. (老少)		老	少
simp. #(老少)		老	少

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoshào

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ siu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nó͘-siàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoshào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshào
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-shao⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-shàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshaw
    • Palladius: лаошао (laošao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ siu³
    • Yale: lóuh siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ siːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘-siàu
    • Tâi-lô: nóo-siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nofsiaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siau²¹/

Noun

老少

1. the young and the old

Synonyms

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• 老嫩 (Hakka)
• 老小 (lǎoxiǎo)
• 老幼 (lǎoyòu) (literary)
• 長幼／长幼 (zhǎngyòu)

 

Derived terms

• 男女老少 (nánnǚlǎoshào)
• 老少一同
• 老少咸宜 (lǎoshàoxiányí)
• 老少平安 (lǎoshào píng'ān)
• 老少無欺／老少无欺
• 老少男女 (lǎoshàonánnǚ)
• 老少配
• 老老少少
• 黃泉路上沒老少／黄泉路上没老少

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	少
ろう Grade: 4	しょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

老(ろう)少(しょう) • (rōshō) 

1. old and young