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		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	young; few; little young; few; little; lack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

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

the young and the old

Synonyms

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)

old and young

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