老例

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	example; precedent; rule example; precedent; rule; case; instance
trad. (老例)		老	例
simp. #(老例)		老	例

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎolì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ lai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-li

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎolì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎolì
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-li⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laolih
    • Palladius: лаоли (laoli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ lai⁶
    • Yale: lóuh laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ lai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ lei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ lɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-li
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo` li
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ li⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ li⁵⁵/

Noun

老例

1. old rule or custom

   • 女子和窮人不能進祠堂吃酒的老例，也被打破。 [MSC, trad.]
     女子和穷人不能进祠堂吃酒的老例，也被打破。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Nǚzǐ hé qióngrén bùnéng jìn cítáng chījiǔ de lǎolì, yě bèi dǎpò. [Pinyin]

     The old rule barring women and poor people from the banquets in the ancestral temples has also been broken.

Synonyms

• 舊例／旧例 (jiùlì)
• 老規矩／老规矩 (lǎoguījǔ)
• (Hakka) 老俗