宗老

Chinese

		school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (宗老)		宗	老
simp. #(宗老)		宗	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zōnglǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ lou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōnglǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zonglǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tsung¹-lao³
    • Yale: dzūng-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzonglao
    • Palladius: цзунлао (czunlao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ lou⁵
    • Yale: jūng lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/

Noun

宗老

1. (literary) senior (elder) in one's patriarchal clan