老白男

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	male
trad. (老白男)		老	白	男
simp. #(老白男)		老	白	男

Etymology

Short for 老年白人男性 (lǎonián báirén nánxìng)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎobáinán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄞˊ ㄋㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎobáinán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄞˊ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎobáinán
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-pai²-nan²
    • Yale: lǎu-bái-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobairnan
    • Palladius: лаобайнань (laobajnanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵ nän³⁵/

Noun

老白男

1. (sometimes offensive) old white man.

   矽谷創投圈的性別偏見：一個被老白男主導的封閉生態 [MSC, trad.]
   矽谷创投圈的性别偏见：一个被老白男主导的封闭生态 [MSC, simp.]

   xīgǔ chuàngtóu quān de xìngbié piānjiàn: yīge bèi lǎobáinán zhǔdǎo de fēngbì shēngtài [Pinyin]

   Gender biases in Silicon Valley venture capital: a closed ecological system dominated by old white men

Usage notes

This term is usually considered mildly derogatory at best, and a racial slur at worst.

See also

• 老美 (lǎoměi)
• 老黑 (lǎohēi)
• 老墨 (lǎomò)
• 老印 (lǎoyìn)