老父

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	father
trad. (老父)		老	父
simp. #(老父)		老	父
anagram		父老

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎofù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ fu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎofù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎofù
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-fu⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laofuh
    • Palladius: лаофу (laofu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ fu⁶
    • Yale: lóuh fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ fuː²²/

Noun

老父

1. (literary) old man
2. (humble) one's own old father

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 老父 – see 老爸 (“dad; father; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 老爸).