老登

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	to go up; to climb; ascend to go up; to climb; ascend; mount; register; note; to publish; to issue; to record
trad. (老登)		老	登
simp. #(老登)		老	登

Etymology

Dialect. Originally predominantly written as 老燈／老灯 (lǎodēng), changes occurred around Joe Biden took office as the 46th president of United States, for his family name is transliterated as 拜登 (Bàidēng). Some suggest the eponym of this word is 登徒子 (dēngtúzǐ), a fictional character in the story 《登徒子好色賦》, resembling Lothario, thereafter becoming a classical allusion and vernacular in some Mandarin regionalects. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎodēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎodēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodeng
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-têng¹
    • Yale: lǎu-dēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodeng
    • Palladius: лаодэн (laodɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

老登

1. (Northeastern Mandarin, derogatory) old person

   變態老登赫伯特／变态老登赫伯特  ―  biàntài lǎodēng hèbótè  ―  Herbert the pervert (a character from Family Guy)

2. (neologism, Internet slang, humorous, derogatory) Joe Biden

Synonyms

• 老畢登／老毕登