老手

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	hand; convenient; ‑er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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ sau²
• Min Nan (POJ): láu-chhiú / lāu-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎoshǒu [Phonetic: láoshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshoou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshǒu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎoshǒur [Phonetic: láoshǒur]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄡˇㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshooul
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshǒur
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ sau²
    • Yale: lóuh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-chhiú / lāu-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: láu-tshiú / lāu-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lawchiuo, lauxchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/, /laʊ²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/, /laʊ⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/, /laʊ²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/, /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/, /laʊ³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/

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”)