啃老

Chinese

		to gnaw; to nibble; to bite	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (啃老)		啃	老
simp. #(啃老)		啃	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěnlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˇ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang² lou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěnlǎo [Phonetic: kénlǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěnlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kʻên³-lao³
    • Yale: kěn-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keenlao
    • Palladius: кэньлао (kɛnʹlao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěnlǎor [Phonetic: kénlǎor]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ ㄌㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěnlǎor
    • Wade–Giles: kʻên³-lao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: kěn-lǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keenlaol
    • Palladius: кэньлаор (kɛnʹlaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ laʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang² lou⁵
    • Yale: háng lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang² lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng² lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ³⁵ lou̯¹³/

Verb

啃老

1. to mooch off one's family

Derived terms

• 啃老族 (kěnlǎozú)