老麥

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	wheat; barley; oats
trad. (老麥)		老	麥
simp. (老麦)		老	麦

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ mak^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ mak^6-2
    • Yale: lóuh mák
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ mak^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ meg^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ mɐk̚²⁻³⁵/

Proper noun

老麥

1. (Cantonese) McDonald's (fast food restaurant chain)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 麥當勞 (“McDonald's”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麥當勞
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	麥當勞
	Singapore	麥當勞
Cantonese	Hong Kong	麥當勞, 老麥, M記, 麥記, 牡丹樓, 金拱門
	Macau	麥當勞, 老麥, M記
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麥當勞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	麥當勞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	麥當勞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	麥當勞
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	麥當勞