老娘家

Chinese

		old mother; mother	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (老娘家)		老娘	家
simp. #(老娘家)		老娘	家

Pronunciation

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶lau-gnian-ka / ²lau₆-gnian₂-ka₁

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-gnian-ka
    • MiniDict: lau^去 nyan ka
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-nyian-ka
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² n̠ʲiã⁵⁵ ka²¹/
  • (Northern: Songjiang, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²lau₆-gnian₂-ka₁
    • MiniDict: lau^去 nyan^平 ka^平
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /lɔ¹³ n̠ʲiæ̃⁵⁵ kɑ³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /læ²² n̠ʲiã³³ kɑ/

Noun

老娘家

1. (Northern Wu, polite, term of address) elderly person
2. (Northern Wu, polite, term of address, face-to-face or non-face-to-face) father

Synonyms

• (elderly man or woman):

• 家先生 (Hakka, polite, term of address)
• 老人 (lǎorén)
• 老人家 (polite, term of address)
• 老大人 (Hokkien, polite, term of address)
• 老年人 (lǎoniánrén)
• 老者 (lǎozhě) (literary)
• 黃髮／黄发 (huángfà) (literary)