老太婆

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	paternal grandmother; great-grandmother
trad. (老太婆)		老	太婆
simp. #(老太婆)		老	太婆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎotàipó

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ taai³ po⁴ / lou⁵ taai³ po^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lǎu-thài-pô / lāu-thài-pô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎotàipó
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎotàipó
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tʻai⁴-pʻo²
    • Yale: lǎu-tài-pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotaypor
    • Palladius: лаотайпо (laotajpo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ taai³ po⁴ / lou⁵ taai³ po^4-2
    • Yale: lóuh taai pòh / lóuh taai pó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ taai³ po⁴ / lou⁵ taai³ po^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ tai³ po⁴ / lou⁵ tai³ po^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tʰaːi̯³³ pʰɔː²¹/, /lou̯¹³ tʰaːi̯³³ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-thài-pô
    • Tâi-lô: lǎu-thài-pô
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ po²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-thài-pô
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-thài-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxtae'pooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ po¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ po²⁴/

Noun

老太婆

1. (often pejorative) old woman; old bag

   你看她，大家都叫她「愚蠢的老太婆」。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Nǐ kàn tā, dàjiā dōu jiào tā “yúchǔn de lǎotàipó”. [Pinyin]

   Look at her; everyone calls her "stupid old hag".

Synonyms

• (literary) 老媼／老媪 (lǎo'ǎo)
• (Jin) 老屄婆子
• (Longyan Hokkien) 老媽／老妈
• (Northern Min) 老阿娘
• (Hokkien) 婆仔
• (Wu) 阿奶