老黃牛

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	ox; cattle; ticket scalper
trad. (老黃牛)		老	黃牛
simp. (老黄牛)		老	黄牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎohuángniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lau-waon-gnieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎohuángniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎohuángnióu
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-huang²-niu²
    • Yale: lǎu-hwáng-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laohwangniou
    • Palladius: лаохуанню (laoxuannju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-waon-gnieu
    • MiniDict: lau^去 waon nyeu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-hhuaan-nyieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² ɦuɑ̃⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɤ²¹/

Noun

老黃牛

1. (literal) old or large ox
2. (figurative, Mandarin) diligent and conscientious person
3. (figurative, Shanghainese) one who is irresponsible; flakey person