老太太
Chinese
editold; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
Mrs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老太太) | 老 | 太太 | |
| simp. #(老太太) | 老 | 太太 | |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lou5 taai3 taai3-2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-thài-thài / lǎu-thài-thài
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ˙ㄊㄞ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎotàitåi
- Wade–Giles: lao3-tʻai4-tʻai5
- Yale: lǎu-tài-tai
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotay.tai
- Palladius: лаотайтай (laotajtaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 taai3 taai3-2
- Yale: lóuh taai táai
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 taai3 taai3-2
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 tai3 tai3-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ tʰaːi̯³³ tʰaːi̯³³⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-thài-thài
- Tâi-lô: lāu-thài-thài
- Phofsit Daibuun: lauxtae'taix
- IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰai¹¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tʰai²¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-thài-thài
- Tâi-lô: lǎu-thài-thài
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Noun
edit老太太
- (honorific) old lady; respectable madam
- (honorific) one's own mother
- (honorific) someone else's mother
- (dialectal) great-grandmother
Synonyms
edit- (old lady): (Hakka) 老伯姆