孤老

Chinese

		lone; lonely	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (孤老)		孤	老
simp. #(孤老)		孤	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gūlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ lou⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kû-ló

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gūlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gulǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹-lao³
    • Yale: gū-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gulao
    • Palladius: гулао (gulao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu¹ lou⁵
    • Yale: gū lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kû-ló
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu´ lo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu¹ lo³
    • Sinological IPA: /ku²⁴ lo³¹/

Noun

孤老

1. solitary old person
2. (dated or regional) man who has an illicit relationship with a woman, such as a paramour or a patron at a brothel

   alt. forms: 姑老, 姑佬

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 情夫 (“extramarital male lover of a married woman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		情夫, 姘夫
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	拐漢子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	孤老
	Wanrong	後男人
	Xuzhou	拐男人
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	賊漢子, 野漢子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	孤老, 孤老搭子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契家佬
	Hong Kong	情夫, 契家佬
	Dongguan	契家佬
Gan	Nanchang	野老公
	Lichuan	野老公
	Pingxiang	野老公
Hakka	Meixian	契哥
Jin	Xinzhou	野漢, 野漢子
Southern Min	Xiamen	契兄
	Quanzhou	契兄
	Zhangzhou	契兄
	Taipei	契兄
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	契兄
	Kaohsiung	契兄, 猴
	Yilan	契兄, 猴
	Changhua (Lukang)	契兄
	Taichung	契兄
	Tainan	契兄, 猴
	Hsinchu	契兄
	Kinmen	契兄, 猴
	Penghu (Magong)	契兄
	Leizhou	契兄
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老契公
Wu	Shanghai	漢郎頭
	Danyang	孤老, 孤老野漢
	Ningbo	野老公
Xiang	Changsha	野老倌, 野老公
	Loudi	野男人

Derived terms

• 孤老院

 

Adjective

孤老

1. (Hakka) peculiar; eccentric; withdrawn

Synonyms

• 孤僻 (gūpì)