姥爺
Appearance
See also: 姥爷
Chinese
[edit]governess; old woman; (maternal) grandma | grandpa; etc.; old gentleman | ||
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trad. (姥爺) | 姥 | 爺 | |
simp. (姥爷) | 姥 | 爷 | |
alternative forms | 老爺/老爷 |
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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:
[Show/Hide] 姥爺 / 姥爷
老爺 / 老爷
- (Standard Chinese)
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: lau2 ie1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /lau⁵³ ie¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
Noun
[edit]姥爺
- (chiefly Mandarin, Jin, colloquial) maternal grandfather
- (Jin) great-uncle (maternal grandfather's brother)