老糊塗

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	bewildered; confused; muddled bewildered; confused; muddled; muddle-headed; messy; disordered; chaotic
trad. (老糊塗)		老	糊塗
simp. (老糊涂)		老	糊涂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎohútú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ wu⁴ tou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-hô͘-tô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎohútú → lǎohútu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ → ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎohútů
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-hu²-tʻu⁵
    • Yale: lǎu-hú-tu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laohwu.twu
    • Palladius: лаохуту (laoxutu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ tʰu³⁵/ → /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ tʰu³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ wu⁴ tou⁴
    • Yale: lóuh wùh tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ wu⁴ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ wu⁴ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ wuː²¹ tʰou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-hô͘-tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-hôo-tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxho'doo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ hɔ²⁴⁻²² tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² hɔ²⁴⁻²² tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ hɔ¹³⁻²² tɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ hɔ²³⁻³³ tɔ²³/

Adjective

老糊塗

1. (derogatory, of a person) old and confused

Noun

老糊塗

1. (derogatory) old and demented person; dotard