老手

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (老手)		老	手
simp. #(老手)		老	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-chhiú / lāu-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoshǒu [Phonetic: láoshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-shou³
    • Yale: lǎu-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshoou
    • Palladius: лаошоу (laošou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoshǒur [Phonetic: láoshǒur]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshǒur
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-shou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: lǎu-shǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshooul
    • Palladius: лаошоур (laošour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ sau²
    • Yale: lóuh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-chhiú / lāu-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: láu-tshiú / lāu-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lawchiuo, lauxchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/, /lau²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/, /lau⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/, /lau²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/, /lau³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/, /lau³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Noun

老手

1. old hand; experienced person; veteran

   情場老手／情场老手  ―  qíngchǎng lǎoshǒu  ―  womaniser (literally, “old hand in the field of love”)