啃老族

Chinese

		to mooch off one's family	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
trad. (啃老族)		啃老	族
simp. #(啃老族)		啃老	族

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěnlǎozú

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang² lou⁵ zuk⁶ / kang² lou⁵ zuk⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵khen-lau-zoq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěnlǎozú [Phonetic: kénlǎozú]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěnlǎozú
    • Wade–Giles: kʻên³-lao³-tsu²
    • Yale: kěn-lǎu-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keenlaotzwu
    • Palladius: кэньлаоцзу (kɛnʹlaoczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang² lou⁵ zuk⁶ / kang² lou⁵ zuk⁶
    • Yale: háng lóuh juhk / káng lóuh juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang² lou⁵ dzuk⁹ / kang² lou⁵ dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng² lou⁵ zug⁶ / keng² lou⁵ zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ³⁵ lou̯¹³ t͡sʊk̚²/, /kʰɐŋ³⁵ lou̯¹³ t͡sʊk̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵khen-lau-zoq
    • MiniDict: khen^去 lau zoh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khen-lau-zoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰən³³ lɔ⁵⁵ zoʔ²¹/

Noun

啃老族

1. (neologism) adults who mooch off their parents; boomerang kids