老少 [－－]

Jyutping lou5 siu3
Pinyin lǎo shào

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. the old and the young
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    the young and the old
    (syn.) 老小, 老幼, 長幼, 老嫩, 长幼
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    这首歌老少皆宜。
    這首歌老少皆宜。
    zhè shǒu gē lǎo shào jiē yí 。
    • People of all ages like this song.
  2. Mandarin
    这是个由不分老少、贫富、民主党、共和党；黑人、白人、拉丁裔、亚裔、美洲原住民；同性恋、异性恋人；肢障与四体健全者，大家共同诉说的答案。美国民众向全世界发出讯息，我们绝非一盘散沙，也不是由红州、蓝州拼凑而成的集合体。
    這是個由不分老少、貧富、民主黨、共和黨；黑人、白人、拉丁裔、亞裔、美洲原住民；同性戀、異性戀人；肢障與四體健全者，大家共同訴說的答案。美國民眾向全世界發出訊息，我們絕非一盤散沙，也不是由紅州、藍州拼湊而成的集合體。
    zhè shì gè yóu bù fēn lǎo shào 、 pín fù 、 mín zhǔ dǎng 、 gòng hé dǎng ； hēi rén 、 bái rén 、 lā dīng yì 、 yà yì 、 měi zhōu yuán zhù mín ； tóng xìng liàn 、 yì xìng liàn rén ； zhī zhàng yǔ sì tǐ jiàn quán zhě ， dà jiā gòng tóng sù shuō de dá àn 。 měi guó mín zhòng xiàng quán shì jiè fā chū xùn xī ， wǒ men jué fēi yī pán sǎn shā ， yě bú shi yóu hóng zhōu 、 lán zhōu pīn còu ér chéng de jí hé tǐ 。
    • It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    老少咸宜
    老少咸宜
    lou5 siu3 haam4 ji4
    • suitable for all ages
  2. Cantonese
    啲蛋挞咁好食，男女老少都钟意啦。
    啲蛋撻咁好食，男女老少都鍾意啦。
    di1 daan6 taat1 gam3 hou2 sik6, naam4 neoi5 lou5 siu3 dou1 zung1 ji3 laa1.
    • These egg tarts are yummy. Everyone would like them.
  3. Cantonese
    男女老少
    男女老少
    naam4 neoi5 lou5 siu3
    • people of all ages and both sexes
  4. Cantonese
    迪士尼嘅电影多数都系老少咸宜嘅。
    迪士尼嘅電影多數都係老少咸宜嘅。
    dik6 si6 nei4 ge3 din6 jing2 do1 sou3 dou1 hai6 lou5 siu3 haam4 ji4 ge3.
    • Most Disney films are suitable for all ages.
  5. Cantonese
    呢本书冇暴力情节，又有教育意义，可以话系老少咸宜。
    呢本書冇暴力情節，又有教育意義，可以話係老少咸宜。
    ni1 bun2 syu1 mou5 bou6 lik6 cing4 zit3, jau6 jau5 gaau3 juk6 ji3 ji6, ho2 ji5 waa6 hai6 lou5 siu3 haam4 ji4.
    • Devoid of violent scenes and full of educational elements, this book is suitable for all ages.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    老少咸宜
    老少咸宜
    lǎo shào xián yí
    • to be suitable for both the old and the young
  2. Mandarin
    开一万个法政学校，能不能在这样短时间内普及政治教育于穷乡僻壤的男女老少，像现在农会所做的政治教育一样呢？我想不能吧。
    開一萬個法政學校，能不能在這樣短時間內普及政治教育於窮鄉僻壤的男女老少，像現在農會所做的政治教育一樣呢？我想不能吧。
    kāi yī wàn gè fǎ zhèng xué xiào ， néng bù néng zài zhè yàng duǎn shí jiān nèi pǔ jí zhèng zhì jiào yù yú qióng xiāng pì rǎng de nán nǚ lǎo shào ， xiàng xiàn zài nóng huì suǒ zuò de zhèng zhì jiào yù yī yàng ne ？ wǒ xiǎng bù néng ba ．
    • Even if ten thousand schools of law and political science had been opened, could they have brought as much political education to the people, men and women, young and old, all the way into the remotest corners of the countryside, as the peasant associations have done in so short a time? I don't think they could.