唐老鴨

Chinese

		Donald	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	duck
trad. (唐老鴨)		唐	老	鴨
simp. (唐老鸭)		唐	老	鸭
Literally: “Don the old duck”.

Etymology

Partial calque of English Donald Duck.

The second syllable 老 (“old”) may have been added in analogy to 米老鼠 (Mǐlǎoshǔ, “Mickey Mouse”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tánglǎoyā

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong⁴ lou⁵ aap^3-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tông-lāu-ah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tánglǎoyā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tánglǎoya
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻang²-lao³-ya¹
    • Yale: Táng-lǎu-yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tarnglaoia
    • Palladius: Танлаоя (Tanlaoja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong⁴ lou⁵ aap^3-2
    • Yale: tòhng lóuh áap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴ lou⁵ aap^8-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴ lou⁵ ab^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ lou̯¹³ aːp̚³⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tông-lāu-ah
    • Tâi-lô: Tông-lāu-ah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: donglauxaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² lau²²⁻²¹ aʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² lau⁴¹⁻²² aʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² lau²²⁻²¹ aʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lau³³⁻¹¹ aʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ lau³³⁻²¹ aʔ³²/

Proper noun

唐老鴨

1. Donald Duck (Disney character)