老官
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
official; government; organ of body | ||
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trad. (老官) | 老 | 官 | |
simp. #(老官) | 老 | 官 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoguan
- Wade–Giles: lao3-kuan1
- Yale: lǎu-gwān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoguan
- Palladius: лаогуань (laoguanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 gun1
- Yale: lóuh gūn
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 gun1
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 gun1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ kuːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]老官
- (archaic, honorific) A term of address to an adult man.
- (dialectal Mandarin, Huizhou, dialectal Wu) husband
- (Eastern Min) father-in-law (husband's father)