老朽

Chinese

old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
rotten
trad. (老朽)
simp. #(老朽)

Pronunciation


Adjective

老朽

  1. old and useless; decrepit

Derived terms

  • 老朽無用 / 老朽无用

Pronoun

老朽

  1. (literary, humble, as self-address by an old person) I, the old and infirm

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ろう
Grade: 4
きゅう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːkʲɨː]

Adjective

(ろう)(きゅう) • (rōkyū-na (adnominal (ろう)(きゅう) (rōkyū na), adverbial (ろう)(きゅう) (rōkyū ni))

  1. dilapidated, old
  2. senile

Inflection

Noun

(ろう)(きゅう) • (rōkyū

  1. dilapidation
  2. senility

Verb

(ろう)(きゅう)する • (rōkyū suruintransitive suru (stem (ろう)(きゅう) (rōkyū shi), past (ろう)(きゅう)した (rōkyū shita))

  1. age
    • 2025 May 20, 茂籠勇人 [Hayato Moro], quotee, “第217回国会 参議院 外交防衛委員会 第14号 令和7年5月20日 [217th Diet House of Councilors Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee No. 14 May 20, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 14 September 2025:
      駐屯地のその他の老朽した施設についても順次更新を進めている、そういう状況でございます。
      Chūtonchi no sono hoka no rōkyū shita shisetsu ni tsuite mo junji kōshin o susumete iru, sō iu jōkyō de gozai masu.
      We are also in the process of gradually updating other aging facilities at the garrison.

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