OLD MAN    老人翁

OLD MALE ADULT.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Sǒu 叟 (ant. tóng 童 "young boy") and the somewhat rarer zhàng rén 丈人 (ant. hái tí 孩提 "child") refer respectfully to a venerable old man of some status. 2. Fǔ 父 is a southern dialect word referring to an old man. 3. Lǎo 老 (ant. yòu 幼 "young person") is a neutral term referring generically to the aged, including men and women. 4. Wēng 翁 (ant. ér 兒 "young child") refers generally to an old man without suggestions of venerability, but the word became current only in Han times.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 GOVERNMENT/LAW 25. 老年男子。 公，尊稱，常位於姓氏後，作通稱。 翁，泛稱。 父，美稱。叟，齊魯一帶對老年男子的尊稱。 老夫，老年大夫、官吏的自稱。 GOVERNMENT/LAW 31. OLD PERSON, SEE OLD: 老人。老，指五十歲以上者，通稱，也常用作尊稱。艾，喻指五十至六十歲者。耆，指六十餘歲者，有禮敬色彩，作語素。耋，指六十至八十歲者，作語素。耄，七十至九十歲者，作語素。耇，泛稱，有禮敬色彩，作語素。
Modern Chinese Criteria
老人 老 老者 老漢 老翁 翁 黃髮 二毛 長老 長者 丈人行 遺老 老耆 耆老 宿老 耆艾 老艾 老叟 耆叟 叟 父 老蒼 老官 老郎 老耄 耆耄 耆耋 耄耋 耋艾 老頭兒 老頭子 老傢伙 老糊塗 老骨頭 老不死 老廢物 老禿翁 老賊 老狗 老兒 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
  • CHILDYOUNG DESCENDENT.
  • BABYINTENSELY YOUNG CHILD.
Hypernym
  • ADULT　HUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME. (anc: 7/0, child: 20)
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 12

  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 73

  • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.147

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 44

    • Words (15 items)

    老  lǎo OC: ɡ-ruuʔ MC: lɑu 7 Attributions

    Lǎo 老 (ant. yòu 幼 "young person") is a neutral term referring generically to the aged, including men and women.

      Syntactic words
    • n[adN]N=humMENG: person of old age
    父  fǔ OC: paʔ MC: pi̯o 7 Attributions

    Fǔ 父 is a southern dialect word referring to an old man.

      Syntactic words
    • nSouthern (Chǔ) dialect???: old man; gentleman
    • npost-Vold man characterised by V-ingDS
    • npost=Ngentlemen NCH
    尊宿  zūn sù OC: tsuun suɡ MC: tsuo̝n suk 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPdistinguished old person; BUDDH: revered old monk living as a hermit; sometimes generally used as reference for a distinguished monk (DCD 1, cf also Ding Fubao, Fojiaocidian who takes the term as a general term of polite reference to a distinguished old person.)
    丈夫  zhàng fū OC: daŋʔ pa MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ pi̯o 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPold man
    老人  lǎo rén OC: ɡ-ruuʔ njin MC: lɑu ȵin 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPold man
    • NP{PRED}be an old manCH
    翁  wēng OC: qlooŋ MC: ʔuŋ 4 Attributions

    Wēng 翁 (ant. ér 兒 "young child") refers generally to an old man without suggestions of venerability, but the word became current only in Han times.

      Syntactic words
    • nxinlun, lunheng p. 62: old gentleman
    耆  qí OC: ɡri MC: gi 2 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 老/OLD MAN Lǎo 老 (ant. yòu 幼 "young person") is a neutral term referring generically to the aged, including men and women.

      Syntactic words
    • nnonreferentialLIJI 1, 1.12: hexagenarian, man of over sixty
    丈人  zhàng rén OC: daŋʔ njin MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ ȵin 1 Attribution

    Sǒu 叟 (ant. tóng 童 "young boy") and the somewhat rarer zhàng rén 丈人(ant. hái tí 孩提 "child") refer respectfully to a venerable old man of some status.

      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1adN2}apparently: old people of some status
    丈  zhàng OC: daŋʔ MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nadNold man
    老公  lǎo gōng MC: lawX kuwng OC: ɡ-ruuʔ klooŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPold manCH
    叟  sǒu OC: sooʔ MC: su 1 Attribution

    Sǒu 叟 (ant. tóng 童 "young boy") and the somewhat rarer zhàng rén 丈人(ant. hái tí 孩提 "child") refer respectfully to a venerable old man of some status.

      Syntactic words
    • nMENG: polite word for a venerable old man; fangyan: Northern (Qí/Lǔ) dialect: old man
    • nvocativeVenerable Sir!
    父翁  fǔ wēng OC: paʔ qlooŋ MC: pi̯o ʔuŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPold man
    老父  lǎo fù OC: ɡ-ruuʔ baʔ MC: lɑu bi̯o 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPold man
    耋  dié OC: ɡ-liiɡ MC: det 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nLIJI 14.40f: old person over eighty
    艾  ài OC: ŋaads MC: ŋɑi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nold person; LIJI 1, 1.12: person over fifty