二老
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]
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old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)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
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edit
]
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
èrlǎo
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄦˋ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
ji
6
lou
5
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
èrlǎo
Zhuyin
:
ㄦˋ ㄌㄠˇ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
èrlǎo
Wade–Giles
:
êrh
4
-lao
3
Yale
:
èr-lǎu
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
elllao
Palladius
:
эрлао
(erlao)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˀɤɻ⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
ji
6
lou
5
Yale
:
yih lóuh
Cantonese Pinyin
:
ji
6
lou
5
Guangdong Romanization
:
yi
6
lou
5
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/jiː²² lou̯¹³/
Noun
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]
二老
the
two
elderly
parents
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:
see
二
(
èr
)
,
老
(
lǎo
)
.
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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