老到

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive
trad. (老到)		老	到
simp. #(老到)		老	到

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎodào

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ dou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-tàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎodào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodào
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tao⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodaw
    • Palladius: лаодао (laodao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ dou³
    • Yale: lóuh dou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ dou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ dou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-tàu
    • Tâi-lô: láu-tàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: law'daux
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tau¹¹/

Adjective

老到

1. experienced and thoughtful

Synonyms

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• 宿投 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 幹練 / 干练 (gànliàn)
• 精幹 / 精干 (jīnggàn)
• 精悍 (jīnghàn)
• 老成 (lǎochéng)
• 老練 / 老练 (lǎoliàn)
• 老辦 / 老办 (lō̤-bâing) (Eastern Min)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (老到):

• → Korean: 로도(老到) (rodo), 노도(老到) (nodo)