# 老吾老以及人之老
## Chinese

| | | old; aged; venerableold; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) | I; my | old; aged; venerableold; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) | as well as; along with; and | man; person; people | 's; him/her/it; this | old; aged; venerableold; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
| trad. (老吾老以及人之老) | 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) | 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. 4th century BCELǎo 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 ㄓ ㄌㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lou$^5$ ng$^4$ lou$^5$ ji$^5$ kap$^6$ jan$^4$ zi$^1$ lou$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǎo wú lǎo yǐjí rén zhī lǎo [Phonetic: lǎowúláoyǐjírénzhīlǎo]
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄧˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄌㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǎo wú lǎo yǐjí rén jhih lǎo
*** Wade–Giles: lao$^3$ wu$^2$ lao$^3$ i$^3$-chi$^2$ jên$^2$ chih$^1$ lao$^3$
*** 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 : /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^5$ ng$^4$ lou$^5$ ji$^5$ kap$^6$ jan$^4$ zi$^1$ lou$^5$
*** Yale: lóuh ǹgh lóuh yíh kahp yàhn jī lóuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^5$ ng$^4$ lou$^5$ ji$^5$ kap$^9$ jan$^4$ dzi$^1$ lou$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^5$ ng$^4$ lou$^5$ yi$^5$ keb$^6$ yen$^4$ ji$^1$ lou$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /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