高龄

• ピンイン: gāo líng
• 漢字の分解: 高 = 高 (tall/high); 龄 = 齿 + 令 (teeth + order — age measured by teeth/years)

意味

高齢（の）

Used respectfully for elderly people (高龄老人) or medically for older parents (高龄产妇 — older mothers). In legal and administrative contexts, 高龄 may specify a defined age threshold. Generally carries a respectful or clinical rather than negative tone.

例文

1. 这位高龄院士依然坚持每天到实验室工作，其治学精神令人敬佩。
2. 随着高龄产妇比例不断攀升，围产期医疗保健的质量显得尤为重要。
3. 社区为辖区内的高龄独居老人建立了定期探访制度，确保他们的安全与健康。

使い方ガイド

場面: healthcare, social services, demographics, respect

トーン: respectful

正しい言い方

• 政府出台了一系列政策，为高龄老人提供医疗补贴和居家养老服务，切实减轻了其家庭的经济负担。(The government introduced a series of policies to provide medical subsidies and home care services for elderly people, genuinely reducing the financial burden on their families.)
• 高龄并不是学习新技能的障碍，许多七八十岁的老人照样能够熟练使用智能手机。(Advanced age is no barrier to learning new skills; many people in their seventies and eighties are just as capable of using smartphones proficiently.)

避ける言い方

• 她高龄了，所以什么都不会 — equating 高龄 with incompetence is both ageist and factually unsupported; avoid such generalisations

起源と歴史

高 (high/tall) + 龄 (age/years of life)

文化的背景

世代: Elderly

社会的背景: Universal