老油條

See also: 老油条

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	youtiao; experienced and sophisticated person; crafty fellow
trad. (老油條)		老	油條
simp. (老油条)		老	油条
Literally: “old youtiao”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoyóutiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jau⁴ tiu^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-iû-tiâu
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lau-yeu-diau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoyóutiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoyóutiáo
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-yu²-tʻiao²
    • Yale: lǎu-yóu-tyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoyoutyau
    • Palladius: лаоютяо (laojutjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ jau⁴ tiu^4-2
    • Yale: lóuh yàuh tíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jau⁴ tiu^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yeo⁴ tiu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐu̯²¹ tʰiːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-iû-tiâu
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-iû-tiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxiu'diaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ iu²⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² iu²⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ iu¹³⁻²² tiau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ iu²⁴⁻¹¹ tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ iu²³⁻³³ tiau²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-yeu-diau
    • MiniDict: lau^去 yeu diau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-hhieu-diau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² ɦiɤ⁵⁵ diɔ²¹/

Noun

老油條

1. overfried youtiao
2. (figurative, colloquial) wily old fox; old campaigner; experienced person who is slick in dealing with things

Synonyms

• (wily old fox): 老油子 (lǎoyóuzi), 老鳥／老鸟 (lǎoniǎo); (Cantonese) 老屎窟; (Hokkien) 老鳥噼／老鸟噼, 老宿鳥／老宿鸟