老翁

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	elderly person
trad. (老翁)		老	翁
simp. #(老翁)		老	翁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎowēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-vûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-ang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎowēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎowong
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-wêng¹
    • Yale: lǎu-wēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoueng
    • Palladius: лаовэн (laovɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wəŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ jung¹
    • Yale: lóuh yūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-vûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo` vung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ vung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ vuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-ang
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-ang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ aŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² aŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ aŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ aŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ aŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

老翁

1. old man

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 老公仔