老人家

Chinese

		old person; the old; the elderly old person; the old; the elderly; elder	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (老人家)		老人	家
simp. ^#(老人家)		老人	家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎorenjia, lǎorénjia

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄖㄣ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ, ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹
Gan (Wiktionary): lau³ nyin ga
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ló-ngìn-kâ

(Hailu, HRS): lo^ˊ ngin ga^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): lau³ ngin² ga¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lǎu-lâng-ke / lāu-lâng-ke / lāu-lâng-kee / ló-jîn-ka / ló-lîn-ka

(Teochew, Peng'im): lao² nang⁵ gê¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lau-gnin-ka

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎorenjia
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄖㄣ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎore̊njiå
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-jên⁵-chia⁵
  - Yale: lǎu-ren-jya
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.ren.jia
  - Palladius: лаожэньцзя (laožɛnʹczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʐən⁴ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎorénjia
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎorénjiå
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-jên²-chia⁵
  - Yale: lǎu-rén-jya
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoren.jia
  - Palladius: лаожэньцзя (laožɛnʹczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹
  - Yale: lóuh yàhn gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yen⁴ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹ kaː⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: lau³ nyin ga
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau²¹³⁻²¹ n̠ʲin¹ ka²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-ngìn-kâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˋ ngin^ˇ ga^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ ngin² ga¹
  - Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ ŋin¹¹ ka²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˊ ngin ga^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /lo²⁴⁻³³ ŋin⁵⁵ ka⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lau³ ngin² ga¹
  - Sinological IPA: /lau³¹ ŋin¹¹ ka⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-lâng-ke
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-lâng-ke
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² laŋ²⁴⁻²² ke³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-lâng-ke
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-lâng-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxlangkef
  - IPA (Singapore): /lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-lâng-kee
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-lâng-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-jîn-ka
  - Tâi-lô: ló-jîn-ka
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loyjinkaf
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³⁻³³ ka⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-lîn-ka
  - Tâi-lô: ló-lîn-ka
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loylinkaf
  - IPA (Taipei): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lao² nang⁵ gê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: láu nâng ke
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau⁵²⁻³⁵ naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lau-gnin-ka
  - MiniDict: lau^去 nyin ka
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-nyin-ka
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² n̠ʲin⁵⁵ ka²¹/

Noun

老人家

(polite, term of address) venerable old person; elderly man or woman
(polite, non-face-to-face term of address) parents (of the speaker or another person)

Synonyms

(elderly man or woman):

edit

家先生 (Hakka, polite, term of address)
老人 (lǎorén)
老大人 (Hokkien, polite, term of address)
老年人 (lǎoniánrén)
老者 (lǎozhě) (literary)
黃髮 / 黄发 (huángfà) (literary)

(parents): 父母 (fùmǔ)