老爺

See also: 老爷

Chinese

	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (老爺)	老	爺
simp. (老爷)	老	爷
alternative forms	姥爺／姥爷 “maternal grandfather”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lǎoyé, lǎoye

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄝˊ, ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄧㄝ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лое (loi͡ə, II-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ je⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): lau¹ ie¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ló-iâ / nó͘-iâ / lāu-iâ / lǎu-iâ

(Teochew, Peng'im): lao² ia⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoyé
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoyé
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-yeh²
  - Yale: lǎu-yé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoye
  - Palladius: лаое (laoje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoye
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄧㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoye̊
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-yeh⁵
  - Yale: lǎu-ye
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.ie
  - Palladius: лаое (laoje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ jɛ⁴/
  - Homophones:
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    姥爺／姥爷
    老爺／老爷
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лое (loi͡ə, II-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔ⁵¹ iə²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ je⁴
  - Yale: lóuh yèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ je⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɛː²¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: lau¹ ie¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /lau¹¹ ie¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: ló-iâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loyiaa
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ia²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: nóo-iâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nofiaa
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ia²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-iâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxiaa
  - IPA (Penang): /lau²¹ ia²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ ia²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ ia¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ ia²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ ia²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-iâ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² ia²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lao² ia⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: láu iâ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau⁵²⁻³⁵ ia⁵⁵/

Noun

老爺

master; lord
(Mandarin, Jin, colloquial) Alternative form of 姥爺／姥爷 (lǎoye, “maternal grandfather; grandpa”)
(Cantonese) father-in-law (husband's father)
(Wanrong Mandarin, Jin) great-grandfather (particularly paternal grandfather's father)
Term of address to a master by a servant.
Term of address used by a woman to her husband.

Synonyms

(father-in-law):

Dialectal synonyms of 公公 (“father-in-law; husband's father”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		公公, 家翁
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	公公
	Taiwan	公公
	Harbin	公公, 老公公
	Shenyang	老公公
	Singapore	家公
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	公公
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	公
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	公公
	Wanrong	阿公
	Xi'an	阿公
	Xuzhou	老公公, 公公
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	公公
	Lanzhou	公公
	Ürümqi	公公
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	公公, 老人公
	Wuhan	公公, 爹爹
	Guiyang	老公公
	Kunming	老公公
	Liuzhou	家公
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	老公公
	Yangzhou	公
	Nantong	公
	Hefei	老公公, 公公
Cantonese	Guangzhou	家公 non-face-to-face, 大人公 non-face-to-face, dated, 老爺 face-to-face
	Hong Kong	家公 non-face-to-face, 老爺 face-to-face
	Taishan	老爺
	Dongguan	老爺, 旦人公
	Yangjiang	家公 non-face-to-face, 老爺 face-to-face
	Singapore (Guangfu)	老爺
Gan	Nanchang	公公, 公家, 公家老子
	Lichuan	公兒
	Pingxiang	公公
Hakka	Meixian	家官
	Xingning	家官
	Huidong (Daling)	家官
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	家公, 家翁, 大娘公
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	家公
	Changting	家官
	Wuping (Pingyu)	家官
	Liancheng	家官
	Ninghua	家官
	Yudu	家官
	Ruijin	家官
	Shicheng	家官
	Shangyou (Shexi)	家官
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	家官
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	家官
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	家官
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	家官
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	家官
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	家官
Huizhou	Jixi	公
Jin	Taiyuan	公公
Jin	Xinzhou	老爺爺, 公公
Northern Min	Jian'ou	公公
	Songxi	公
	Zhenghe	公仔
	Jianyang	爹爹
	Wuyishan	大公
	Pucheng (Shibei)	公爹
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老官
	Fuzhou (Changle)	老官
	Fuqing	官郎, 老官
	Yongtai	老官
	Gutian	爹官
	Fu'an	阿公
	Ningde	爹官
	Shouning	大官
	Zhouning	爹官
	Fuding	阿爹
Southern Min	Xiamen	大官
	Quanzhou	大官
	Zhangzhou	大官
	Taipei	大官
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	大官
	Kaohsiung	大官
	Yilan	大官仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	大官
	Taichung	大官
	Tainan	大官
	Taitung	大官
	Hsinchu	大官
	Kinmen	大官
	Penghu (Magong)	大官
	Penang (Hokkien)	大官, 翁官
	Singapore (Hokkien)	大官
	Manila (Hokkien)	大官
	Chaozhou	大官
	Shantou	大官
	Haifeng	大家官
	Singapore (Teochew)	大官
	Leizhou	家翁
	Haikou	家翁
Puxian Min	Putian	大官
Puxian Min	Xianyou	大官
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	爹
Wu	Shanghai	公公, 阿公, 公爹, 公阿爹
	Shanghai (Chongming)	公
	Suzhou	阿公
	Danyang	公公
	Hangzhou	阿公, 阿公老頭兒
	Ningbo	公公
	Wenzhou	大官爺
	Jinhua	公
Xiang	Changsha	家爺, 家爺老子
	Loudi	家爺
	Shuangfeng	家爺

(great-grandfather):

Dialectal synonyms of 曾祖父 (“great-grandfather (paternal grandfather's father)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		曾祖
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		曾祖父, 曾祖
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老祖兒, 曾祖父 non-face-to-face
	Taiwan	曾祖父
	Harbin	太爺
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	太爺, 老太爺, 曾祖父 non-face-to-face
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	老爺爺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	老太爺
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	老爺
	Xi'an	太爺
	Xining	太爺
	Xuzhou	老太爺
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	太爺爺
	Lanzhou	太爺
	Ürümqi	太爺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	祖祖
	Wuhan	老爺爺, 老爹爹
	Guiyang	老祖祖, 老祖, 祖祖
	Kunming	老公公
	Liuzhou	太爹, 太公
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	太爺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nantong	太公, 太太, 男太太
Cantonese	Guangzhou	太爺, 太公
	Hong Kong	太爺, 太公
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	太公
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	太公
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	太公
	Taishan	白公
	Yangjiang	太公
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	太公
Gan	Nanchang	太公
	Lichuan	曾公
	Pingxiang	老公公
Hakka	Meixian	公太
	Xingning	公白
	Huidong (Daling)	阿公太
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	太公
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	太公
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	太公
	Wuhua (Changbu)	太公
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	老太公
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	公白
	Wengyuan	太公
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	公太
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	公太
	Liannan	阿太
	Jiexi	公太
	Luhe	公太
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	太公
	Changting	太公
	Wuping	太公
	Wuping (Yanqian)	公太
	Wuping (Pingyu)	公太
	Liancheng	公太
	Ninghua	公太
	Yudu	太公
	Ningdu	太公
	Ruijin	男子太 non-face-to-face, 太太 face-to-face
	Shicheng	公太
	Shangyou (Shexi)	太公
	Tonggu (Sandu)	公太
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	太公
	Dayu	太公
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	公太, 阿太, 阿公太
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	公太, 阿太, 阿公太
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	公太, 阿太, 阿公太
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿太, 細倈太, 公太, 阿公太
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	公太, 阿太, 阿公太
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	太公, 公太, 阿太
	Hong Kong	公太, 阿太
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	太公
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	太公
	Xinyi (Sihe)	太公
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	太公
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	阿祖
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	祖公, 太公
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	公祖
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	公祖
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	公佬
	Mengshan (Xihe)	公太
	Luchuan	公太
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿公太
	Senai (Huiyang)	公太
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	太公
	Singkawang	公太
Huizhou	Jixi	太朝
	Shexian	太朝
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	太公, 太朝, 太老朝兒, 老爺爺
Jin	Taiyuan	老爺
Jin	Xinzhou	老爺爺啊 face-to-face, 老爺爺 non-face-to-face
Northern Min	Jian'ou	太公
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	大翁
	Songxi	大公
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	大翁
	Jianyang	大翁
	Pucheng (Shibei)	大翁
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	大公
Southern Min	Xiamen	阿祖 face-to-face, 俺祖 face-to-face, 太公 non-face-to-face
	Quanzhou	太公
	Zhangzhou	公祖, 太公
	Taipei	阿祖, 查埔祖
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	阿祖
	Kaohsiung	查埔祖, 阿祖
	Yilan	阿祖, 查埔祖
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿祖, 阿祖公
	Taichung	阿祖
	Taichung (Wuqi)	查埔祖
	Tainan	阿祖, 查埔祖
	Taitung	查埔祖
	Hsinchu	阿祖, 查埔祖
	Kinmen	祖祖, 俺祖
	Penghu (Magong)	阿祖, 查埔祖
	Penang (Hokkien)	老公, 阿祖
	Manila (Hokkien)	太公
	Shantou	老公
	Shantou (Chenghai)	老公
	Jieyang	老公
	Haifeng	老, 老老, 老公
	Bangkok (Teochew)	老公
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	老公
	Batam (Teochew)	老公
	Leizhou	公祖
	Wenchang	公祖, 阿公
	Haikou	祖公, 公祖, 公祖爸
Puxian Min	Putian	大公
Puxian Min	Xianyou	大公
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	太公
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	太爹, 祖公
Wu	Shanghai	太公, 男太太, 曾祖, 曾祖父 non-face-to-face
	Shanghai (Chongming)	太公, 太太 face-to-face
	Suzhou	太公
	Danyang	太爺爺, 太公
	Hangzhou	太爺爺, 太公
	Ningbo	太公, 阿太
	Wenzhou	男老太, 男太, 阿太, 老太 non-face-to-face
	Jinhua	太公
Xiang	Changsha	曾祖父, 老爹爹
	Xiangtan	老毑
	Loudi	太唧

Adjective

老爺

(attributive) old; vintage; classic
(Cantonese, Malaysian Hokkien) old; old-fashioned

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Mongolian: ноён (nojon)
- → English: noyan

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
老	爺
おや Grade: 4	じ Hyōgaiji
irregular

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おやじ [óꜜyàjì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) おやじ [òyájí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞ja̠ʑi]

Noun

老(おや)爺(じ) • (oyaji) ^{←おやぢ (oyadi)^?}

親父: one's father

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
老	爺
ろう Grade: 4	や Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ろーや [róꜜòyà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːja̠]

Noun

老(ろう)爺(や) • (rōya) ^{←らうや (rauya)^?}

old man
Antonym: 老婆 (rōba)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
老	爺

Noun

老爺 • (noya) (hangeul 노야)

Hanja form^? of 노야.

[SMK7-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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