老太爺
Chinese
editold; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
paternal grandfather; head of the house | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老太爺) | 老 | 太爺 | |
| simp. (老太爷) | 老 | 太爷 | |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄝˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎotàiyé
- Wade–Giles: lao3-tʻai4-yeh2
- Yale: lǎu-tài-yé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotayye
- Palladius: лаотайе (laotaje)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ jɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 taai3 je4
- Yale: lóuh taai yèh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 taai3 je4
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 tai3 yé4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ tʰaːi̯³³ jɛː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
edit老太爺
- (honorific) elderly gentleman
- (honorific) your father; my father or father-in-law
- (dialectal Mandarin) great-grandfather