老大爺

See also: 老大爷

Chinese

		old; eldest among the siblings	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (老大爺)		老大	爺
simp. (老大爷)		老大	爷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎodàye

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ daai⁶ je⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lǎu-tōa-iâ / lāu-tōa-iâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎodàye
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodàye̊
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-ta⁴-yeh⁵
    • Yale: lǎu-dà-ye
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodah.ie
    • Palladius: лаодае (laodaje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ jɛ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ daai⁶ je⁴
    • Yale: lóuh daaih yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ daai⁶ je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ dai⁶ yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ taːi̯²² jɛː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-tōa-iâ
    • Tâi-lô: lǎu-tuā-iâ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² tua⁴¹⁻²² ia²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-tōa-iâ
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-tuā-iâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxdoaxiaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ tua²²⁻²¹ ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ tua²²⁻²¹ ia¹³/

Noun

老大爺

1. (honorific) old man

Related terms

• 老大哥 (lǎodàgē)
• 老大姐 (lǎodàjiě)
• 老大娘 (lǎodàniáng)
• 老大媽／老大妈 (lǎodàmā)