老生

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (老生)		老	生
simp. #(老生)		老	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ sang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-sên
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎosheng
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-shêng¹
    • Yale: lǎu-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laosheng
    • Palladius: лаошэн (laošɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ sang¹
    • Yale: lóuh sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˋ sen^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ sen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-seng
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxsefng
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

老生

1. (opera) laosheng (older male role in Chinese opera)

Synonyms

• 鬚生／须生 (xūshēng)
• 生角兒／生角儿 (shēngjuér)