老頭樂

Chinese

		old man; old fellow; husband	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful
trad. (老頭樂)		老頭	樂
simp. (老头乐)		老头	乐
Literally: “(that which) makes an old man happy”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎotóulè

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄜˋ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lau-deu-loq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎotóulè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎotóulè
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tʻou²-lê⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-tóu-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotourleh
    • Palladius: лаотоулэ (laotoulɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎotóurlè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊㄦ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎotóurlè
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tʻou²-ʼrh-lê⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-tóur-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotourlleh
    • Palladius: лаотоурлэ (laotourlɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-deu-loq
    • MiniDict: lau^去 deu loh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-deu-loq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² dɤ⁵⁵ loʔ²¹/

Noun

老頭樂

1. (figurative, colloquial) backscratcher
2. (figurative, colloquial) low-speed motor scooter
3. (figurative, colloquial) low-speed electric microcar

   Hypernym: NEV

4. (figurative, colloquial, regional) massage and sex service targeting elderly men (strolling on the street or in the park)