老本

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (老本)		老	本
simp. ^#(老本)		老	本

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎoběn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ bun²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-pún / lāu-pún / lǎu-pńg

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoběn [Phonetic: láoběn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoběn
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-pên³
  - Yale: lǎu-běn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobeen
  - Palladius: лаобэнь (laobɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (老本兒／老本儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoběnr [Phonetic: láoběnr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄣˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoběnr
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-pên³-ʼrh
  - Yale: lǎu-běnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobeel
  - Palladius: лаобэньр (laobɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ bun²
  - Yale: lóuh bún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ bun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ bun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ puːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-pún
  - Tâi-lô: láu-pún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: law'puon
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pun⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-pún
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-pún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxpuon
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ pun⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-pńg
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-pńg
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² pŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

老本

Derived terms

吃老本 (chī lǎoběn)