兩老

Chinese

		both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (兩老)		兩	老
simp. (两老)		两	老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎnglǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ lou⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lióng-ló

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liǎnglǎo [Phonetic: liánglǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liǎnglǎo
  - Wade–Giles: liang³-lao³
  - Yale: lyǎng-lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leanglao
  - Palladius: лянлао (ljanlao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁵ lou⁵
  - Yale: léuhng lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ lou̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lióng-ló
  - Hakka Romanization System: liong^ˋ lo^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liong³ lo³
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ³¹ lo³¹/

Noun

兩老

two seniors (from an older generation)
parents; mother and father; mum and dad
(Hakka) husband and wife; married couple

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 父母 (“father and mother; parents”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		父母, 爺娘, 怙恃, 雙親
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		父母, 雙親, 父母親
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	爹媽, 老家兒
	Taiwan	爸媽
	Singapore	爸媽, 家長
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	老的兒, 爹媽
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	老兒的
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	媽爸
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	娘老子
	Lanzhou	娘老子, 老漢們
	Ürümqi	娘老子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	娘老子, 媽老漢兒
	Chongqing	媽老漢兒
	Wuhan	娘老子, 兩老
	Liuzhou	娘老子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	娘老子
	Yangzhou	娘老子
	Nantong	爺娘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老豆老母
	Hong Kong	老豆老母, 爹哋媽咪, 阿爸阿媽
	Yangjiang	老子阿奶
Gan	Nanchang	爺娘
Gan	Pingxiang	娘爺
Hakka	Meixian	爺哀
	Xingning	爺哀
	Huidong (Daling)	阿爸阿姆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿姆阿爸
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	爺哀
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	阿爸阿姆
	Liannan	爺哀
	Jiexi	爺哀
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	爺哀
	Changting	爹哀, 爺哀
	Wuping	爺哀
	Wuping (Yanqian)	爺哀
	Wuping (Pingyu)	爺哀
	Ninghua	爹母
	Ningdu	爹姐
	Ruijin	哀爹, 爺娘, 爺哀
	Shicheng	爹哀
	Shangyou (Shexi)	爺姐
	Tonggu (Sandu)	娘爺
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	爺姐
	Dayu	爺佬姐佬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	爺哀, 爺母, 兩老
	Hong Kong	阿爸阿姆
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	老子阿奶
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	父母
	Xinyi (Sihe)	爺哀
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	爺哀
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	爸媽
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	父母親
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	爺哀
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	爺哀, 爸哀
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	爸哀
	Luchuan	爸媽
Huizhou	Jixi	娘老子, 老子娘, 老子爺娘
Jin	Taiyuan	爹娘
Jin	Xinzhou	老子娘
Northern Min	Jian'ou	爹奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	爸奶
Eastern Min	Matsu	爸奶
Southern Min	Xiamen	爸母, 老爸母
	Quanzhou	爸母, 老爸母
	Jinjiang	爸母
	Zhangzhou	爸母, 老爸母
	Zhao'an	爸母
	Taipei	爸母
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	爸母
	Kaohsiung	爸母
	Yilan	爸母
	Changhua (Lukang)	爸母
	Taichung	爸母
	Tainan	爸母
	Hsinchu	爸母
	Kinmen	爸母
	Penghu (Magong)	爸母
	Penang (Hokkien)	爸母
	Singapore (Hokkien)	爸母
	Manila (Hokkien)	爸母
	Chaozhou	父嬡, 爸母
	Jieyang	父嬡
	Singapore (Teochew)	爸母
Wu	Shanghai	爺娘
	Suzhou	爺娘
	Danyang	娘啊老子, 爺娘 rare
	Hangzhou	娘老子
	Ningbo	爹娘
	Wenzhou	奶阿伯, 阿伯奶
Xiang	Changsha	爺娘
Xiang	Shuangfeng	爺娘

Dialectal synonyms of 夫妻 (“husband and wife”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		夫妻, 夫婦, 伉儷
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	兩口子, 兩口兒, 公母倆
	Taiwan	夫妻, 兩夫妻
	Langfang	兩口子
	Harbin	兩口子, 公母倆
	Singapore	夫妻, 夫婦, 兩公婆
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	兩口子
	Cangzhou	兩口子
	Baoding	兩口子
	Shijiazhuang	兩口子
	Jinan	兩口子, 兩口兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	老婆漢子, 漢子老婆倆兒, 兩口家, 兩口子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	夫婦, 夫妻倆, 兩口
	Daming	兩口子
	Wanrong	婆夫, 婆夫倆
	Xi'an	兩口子
	Xining	兩口兒, 兩口兒子
	Xuzhou	公母倆兒, 公母倆
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	夫妻, 兩口子
	Lanzhou	夫妻兩個
	Ürümqi	夫妻, 夫妻倆兒, 夫妻兩個, 兩夫妻, 兩口子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	夫妻, 兩夫妻, 兩口子
	Wuhan	夫妻, 夫妻伙裡, 兩口子
	Guiyang	兩夫妻, 兩口子
	Liuzhou	兩口子, 兩公婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	夫妻, 夫妻兩個
	Yangzhou	夫妻, 夫妻兩個
	Hefei	夫妻
Cantonese	Guangzhou	兩公婆, 公婆
	Hong Kong	兩公婆, 夫妻, 兩夫妻, 夫婦, 兩夫婦
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	兩公婆
	Macau	兩公婆
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	兩公婆
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	兩公婆
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	兩公婆
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	兩公婆
	Foshan	兩公婆
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	兩公婆
	Foshan (Shunde)	兩公婆
	Foshan (Sanshui)	兩公婆
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	兩公婆
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	兩公婆
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	兩公婆
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	兩公婆
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	兩公婆
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	兩公婆
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	兩公婆
	Taishan	兩公婆
	Kaiping (Chikan)	兩公婆
	Enping (Niujiang)	兩公婆
	Heshan (Yayao)	兩公婆
	Dongguan	兩公婆, 夫妻
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	兩公婆
	Yangjiang	兩公婆, 公婆
	Singapore (Guangfu)	兩公婆
Gan	Nanchang	兩媽老子, 兩公婆, 夫妻
	Lichuan	兩公婆兒, 兩公婆
	Pingxiang	兩公婆
Hakka	Meixian	兩公婆, 兩老貨, 公婆
	Xingning	兩公婆
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	兩公婆
	Huidong (Daling)	兩公婆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	兩公婆
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	兩公婆
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	兩公婆
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	兩公婆
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	兩公婆
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	兩公婆
	Changting	兩公婆
	Wuping	兩公婆
	Wuping (Pingyu)	兩公婆
	Liancheng	兩公婆
	Yudu	公婆, 公婆兩
	Ruijin	兩公婆, 兩老子
	Shicheng	兩公婆
	Shangyou (Shexi)	兩公婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	兩公姐, 公婆, 兩老
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	兩公姐, 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	兩公姐, 公姐, 兩老
Huizhou	Jixi	夫妻, 老官老嫗
Jin	Taiyuan	夫妻, 兩口子, 夫婦倆個
	Xinzhou	婆姨漢子, 老婆漢子, 婆姨漢子兩個, 老婆漢子兩個
	Zhangjiakou	兩口子
	Handan	兩口子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	兩老, 兩老媽
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老公媽, 老公媽兩隻
Eastern Min	Matsu	老公媽
Southern Min	Xiamen	翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
	Quanzhou	翁某, 翁仔某
	Jinjiang	翁某仔
	Anxi	翁某
	Zhangzhou	翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
	Taipei	翁仔某
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	翁仔某
	Kaohsiung	翁仔某
	Yilan	翁仔某
	Changhua (Lukang)	翁某
	Taichung	翁仔某
	Tainan	翁仔某
	Hsinchu	翁仔某
	Kinmen	翁仔某
	Penghu (Magong)	翁仔某
	Penang (Hokkien)	翁某
	Singapore (Hokkien)	翁某
	Manila (Hokkien)	翁某仔
	Chaozhou	翁姐, 兩公婆
	Leizhou	翁婆, 兩翁婆, 公婆, 兩公婆
	Haikou	爹姩, 兩爹姩, 爹姩兩儂
Puxian Min	Putian	老公媽
Puxian Min	Xianyou	老公媽
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	兩公婆
Wu	Shanghai	夫妻, 夫妻兩家頭, 夫妻兩個
	Shanghai (Chongming)	夫妻, 夫妾, 夫妻兩, 夫妾兩
	Suzhou	夫妻, 兩夫妻, 夫妻兩家頭
	Danyang	婆老兩個
	Hangzhou	夫妻
	Ningbo	夫妻, 兩老頭, 兩公婆, 兩夫妻
	Wenzhou	兩夫妻, 兩老, 兩老兒
	Jinhua	公婆兩兒, 公婆兩個, 夫妻
Xiang	Changsha	兩公婆, 兩夫婦, 兩夫妻
	Loudi	夫妻
	Shuangfeng	兩公婆, 兩夫婦
	Hengyang	兩公婆