養老

See also: 养老

Chinese

		give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring someone up; to raise (pig, etc.)	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (養老)		養	老
simp. (养老)		养	老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnglǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ lou⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ióng-ló / ióng-nó͘ / iáng-ló / iáng-nó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): iang² lao²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnglǎo [Phonetic: yánglǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnglǎo
  - Wade–Giles: yang³-lao³
  - Yale: yǎng-lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanglao
  - Palladius: янлао (janlao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁵ lou⁵
  - Yale: yéuhng lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³ lou̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng-ló
  - Tâi-lô: ióng-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iofngloir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: ióng-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iofngnor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nɔ̃⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nɔ̃⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáng-ló
  - Tâi-lô: iáng-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iafngloir
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáng-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: iáng-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iafngnor
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nɔ̃⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nɔ̃⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iang² lao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iáng láu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ lau⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

養老

to support the elderly
(of an older person) to enjoy retirement

Derived terms

養老村 / 养老村 (yǎnglǎocūn)
養老社區 / 养老社区 (yǎnglǎo shèqū)
養老護理 / 养老护理 (yǎnglǎo hùlǐ)
養老金 / 养老金 (yǎnglǎojīn)
養老院 / 养老院 (yǎnglǎoyuàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
養	老
よう Grade: 4	ろう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

養(よう)老(ろう) • (yōrō)

making provision for retirement or the elderly
living comfortably in old age
Clipping of 養老絞 (yōrōshibori).

Derived terms

養老院(ようろういん) (yōrōin)
養老年金(ようろうねんきん) (yōrōnenkin)

Proper noun

養老 on Japanese Wikipedia

Yōrō on Wikipedia

養(よう)老(ろう) • (Yōrō)

The Yōrō era, 717-724

Derived terms

養老律令(ようろうりつりょう) (Yōrō ritsuryō)

Related terms

Descendants

English: Yoro