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月下老人
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Chinese
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Proper noun
1.4
Noun
1.4.1
Synonyms
Chinese
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in the
moonlight
old
person
; the
old
; the
elderly
old
person
; the
old
; the
elderly
;
elder
trad.
(
月下老人
)
月下
老人
simp.
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(
月下老人
)
月下
老人
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月下老人
Etymology
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See
Yue Lao
.
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
Yuèxià Lǎorén
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
jyut
6
haa
6
lou
5
jan
4
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
,
POJ
)
:
Goa̍t-hā-nó͘-jîn
/
Goa̍t-hā-nó͘-lîn
/
Goa̍t-hā-ló-jîn
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
Yuèxià Lǎorén
Zhuyin
:
ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
Yuèsià Lǎorén
Wade–Giles
:
Yüeh
4
-hsia
4
Lao
3
-jên
2
Yale
:
Ywè-syà Lǎu-rén
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
Yuehshiah Laoren
Palladius
:
Юэся Лаожэнь
(Juesja Laožɛnʹ)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
jyut
6
haa
6
lou
5
jan
4
Yale
:
yuht hah lóuh yàhn
Cantonese Pinyin
:
jyt
9
haa
6
lou
5
jan
4
Guangdong Romanization
:
yud
6
ha
6
lou
5
yen
4
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/jyːt̚² haː²² lou̯¹³ jɐn
²¹
/
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
:
General
Taiwanese
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
Goa̍t-hā-nó͘-jîn
Tâi-lô
:
Gua̍t-hā-nóo-jîn
Phofsit Daibuun
:
goadhaxnofjiin
IPA
(
Kaohsiung
)
:
/ɡuat̚⁴⁻³² ha³³⁻²¹ nɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/
(
Hokkien
:
General
Taiwanese
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
Goa̍t-hā-nó͘-lîn
Tâi-lô
:
Gua̍t-hā-nóo-lîn
Phofsit Daibuun
:
goadhaxnofliin
IPA
(
Taipei
)
:
/ɡuat̚⁴⁻³² ha³³⁻¹¹ nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
(
Hokkien
:
variant in
Taiwan
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
Goa̍t-hā-ló-jîn
Tâi-lô
:
Gua̍t-hā-ló-jîn
Phofsit Daibuun
:
goadhaxloyjiin
IPA
(
Kaohsiung
)
:
/ɡuat̚⁴⁻³² ha³³⁻²¹ lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/
Proper noun
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月下老人
(
Taoism
,
mythology
)
Yue Lao
;
god
of
marriage
Noun
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月下老人
(
figurative
)
matchmaker
;
go-between
Synonyms
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月老
(
yuèlǎo
)