老吾老以及人之老

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	I; my	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	as well as; along with; and	man; person; people	's; him/her/it; this	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (老吾老以及人之老)		老	吾	老	以及	人	之	老
simp. ^#(老吾老以及人之老)		老	吾	老	以及	人	之	老

Etymology

From Mencius:

老吾老，以及人之老；幼吾幼，以及人之幼。天下可運於掌。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

老吾老，以及人之老；幼吾幼，以及人之幼。天下可运于掌。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

Lǎo wú lǎo, yǐjí rén zhī lǎo; yòu wú yòu, yǐjí rén zhī yòu. Tiānxià kě yùn yú zhǎng. [Pinyin]

Treat with the reverence due to age the elders in your own family, so that the elders in the families of others shall be similarly treated; treat with the kindness due to youth the young in your own family, so that the young in the families of others shall be similarly treated - do this, and the kingdom may be made to go round in your palm.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎo wú lǎo yǐjí rén zhī lǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄧˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ ng⁴ lou⁵ ji⁵ kap⁶ jan⁴ zi¹ lou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎo wú lǎo yǐjí rén zhī lǎo [Phonetic: lǎowúláoyǐjírénzhīlǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄧˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎo wú lǎo yǐjí rén jhih lǎo
  - Wade–Giles: lao³ wu² lao³ i³-chi² jên² chih¹ lao³
  - Yale: lǎu wú lǎu yǐ-jí rén jr̄ lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao wu lao yiijyi ren jy lao
  - Palladius: лао у лао ицзи жэнь чжи лао (lao u lao iczi žɛnʹ čži lao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ ng⁴ lou⁵ ji⁵ kap⁶ jan⁴ zi¹ lou⁵
  - Yale: lóuh ǹgh lóuh yíh kahp yàhn jī lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ ng⁴ lou⁵ ji⁵ kap⁹ jan⁴ dzi¹ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ ng⁴ lou⁵ yi⁵ keb⁶ yen⁴ ji¹ lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ ŋ̍²¹ lou̯¹³ jiː¹³ kʰɐp̚² jɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.rˤuʔ ŋˤa C.rˤuʔ ləʔ [m-k-]rəp ni[ŋ] tə C.rˤuʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ruːʔ ŋaː ruːʔ lɯʔ ɡrɯb njin tjɯ ruːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	老	吾	以	及	人	之	之
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǎo	wú	yǐ	jí	rén	zhī	zhī
Middle Chinese	‹ law^X ›	‹ ngu ›	‹ yi^X ›	‹ gip ›	‹ nyin ›	‹ tsyi ›	‹ tsyi ›
Old Chinese	/*C.rˁuʔ/	/*ŋˁa/	/*ləʔ/	/*[m-k-]rəp/	/*ni[ŋ]/	/*tə/	/*tə/
English	old	I, my	take, use	reach to	(other) person	go to	(3p object pronoun; attributive particle)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	老	吾	以	及	人	之
Reading #	1/1	2/2	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
No.	7666	13146	14929	5664	10800	17188
Phonetic component	老	五	以	及	人	之
Rime group	幽	魚	之	緝	眞	之
Rime subdivision	1	0	0	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	老	吾	以	及	仁	之
Old Chinese	/*ruːʔ/	/*ŋaː/	/*lɯʔ/	/*ɡrɯb/	/*njin/	/*tjɯ/

Idiom

老吾老以及人之老

to love and respect not only the elders in one's own family but also other elders

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