老爺子

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (老爺子)		老	爺	子
simp. (老爷子)		老	爷	子
anagram		爺老子／爷老子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoyézi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoyézi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoyézi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-yeh²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: lǎu-yé-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoye.tzy
    • Palladius: лаоецзы (laojeczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

Noun

老爺子

1. (honorific) elderly man
2. (honorific) your old father; my old father