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Jyutping lou5 nin4 jan4
Pinyin lǎo nián rén

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. old people
  2. the elderly
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    old person; the old; the elderly
    (syn.) 黃髮, 家先生, 老人家, 老人, 老大人, 黄发, 老者
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我家里有个老年人突然倒在地上,大概是中风了。
    我家裏有個老年人突然倒在地上,大概是中風了。
    wǒ jiā lǐ yǒu gè lǎo nián rén tū rán dǎo zài dì shàng , dà gài shì zhòng fēng le 。
    • An elderly person in my family suddenly fell to the ground; he likely suffered a stroke.
  2. Mandarin
    我的父母告诉我, 必须尊重老年人。
    我的父母告訴我, 必須尊重老年人。
    wǒ de fù mǔ gào sù wǒ , bì xū zūn zhòng lǎo nián rén 。
    • My parents told me that I need to respect old people.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    老年人
    老年人
    lou5 nin4 jan4
    • Elderly
  2. Cantonese
    呢个广告嘅受众系老年人。
    呢個廣告嘅受眾係老年人。
    lei1 go3 gwong2 gou3 ge3 sau6 zung3 hai6 lou5 nin4 jan4.
    • The audience of this advertisement is the elderly.
Examples (None)
  1. 巴金:「据说老年人对《望乡》持反对态度的多,我已经踏进了七十五岁的门槛,可是我很喜欢这部电影,我认为这是一部好电影。」
    巴金:「據説老年人對《望鄉》持反對態度的多,我已經踏進了七十五歲的門檻,可是我很喜歡這部電影,我認為這是一部好電影。」
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    对老年人来说,养成良好的起居习惯,尤其是早睡早起,比获得任何财富更加宝贵。
    對老年人來説,養成良好的起居習慣,尤其是早睡早起,比獲得任何財富更加寶貴。
    duì lǎo nián rén lái shuō , yǎng chéng liáng hǎo de qǐ jū xí guàn , yóu qí shì zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ , bǐ huò dé rèn hé cái fù gèng jiā bǎo guì .
    • To the elderly, building good daily life habits, especially being early to bed and early to rise, is more treasured than the attainment of any material wealth.
  2. Mandarin
    青年人不比我们弱。老年人有经验,当然强,但生理机能在逐渐退化,眼睛耳朵不那么灵了,手脚也不如青年敏捷,这是自然规律。
    青年人不比我們弱。老年人有經驗,當然強,但生理機能在逐漸退化,眼睛耳朵不那麼靈了,手腳也不如青年敏捷,這是自然規律。
    qīng nián rén bù bǐ wǒ men ruò . lǎo nián rén yǒu jīng yàn , dāng rán qiáng , dàn shēng lǐ jī néng zài zhú jiàn tuì huà , yǎn jing ěr duo bù nà me líng le , shǒu jiǎo yě bù rú qīng nián mǐn jié , zhè shì zì rán guī lǜ .
    • The young are not our inferiors. Old people have more experience, which of course is a strong point, but on the other hand their physical powers are declining, their eyesight and hearing are not so sharp as before and their limbs not so agile as those of the young. This is a law of nature.