老路

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	road; path; way
trad. (老路)		老	路
simp. #(老路)		老	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎolù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ lou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-lō͘ / lāu-lō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎolù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎolù
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-lu⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoluh
    • Palladius: лаолу (laolu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ lou⁶
    • Yale: lóuh louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ lou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: láu-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lawlo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxlo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/

Noun

老路

1. (literally, figuratively) old road; beaten track

   • 誠然，這是歐美資產階級走過的老路，但無如國際國內的環境，都不容許中國這樣做。 [MSC, trad.]
     诚然，这是欧美资产阶级走过的老路，但无如国际国内的环境，都不容许中国这样做。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Chéngrán, zhè shì Ōu-Měi zīchǎnjiējí zǒuguò de lǎolù, dàn wúrú guójì guónèi de huánjìng, dōu bù róngxǔ Zhōngguó zhèyàng zuò. [Pinyin]

     To be sure, that was the old road taken by the European and American bourgeoisie, but whether one likes it or not, neither the international nor the domestic situation allows China to do the same.

Antonyms

• 新路 (xīnlù)