老K

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (老K)		老	K
simp. #(老K)		老	K
alternative forms		老開／老开 Beijing Mandarin; Shanghai; Jixi 老克 Luoyang Mandarin; Wuhan Mandarin; Pingxiang 老楷 Xi'an Mandarin; Yudu 老凱／老凯 Nanjing Mandarin

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎokāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄎㄞ

• Gan (Wiktionary): lau³ kie
• Jin (Wiktionary): lau² kai²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lau-khe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎokāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄎㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎokai
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-kʻai¹
    • Yale: lǎu-kāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laokai
    • Palladius: лаокай (laokaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lau³ kie
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau²¹³⁻²¹ kʰie¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lau² kai²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /lau⁵³⁻¹¹ kʰai⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-khe
    • MiniDict: lau^去 khe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-khe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² kʰe⁴⁴/

Noun

老K

1. (card games) king (K)
2. (colloquial) playing cards

   打老K  ―  dǎ lǎokāi  ―  to play cards

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 老K (“king (playing cards)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老K
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	老K
	Xi'an	老K, K
	Xuzhou	老K
Southwestern Mandarin	Chongqing	K
	Wuhan	老K
	Guiyang	老K, 鋸
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	老K
Cantonese	Guangzhou	傾
	Hong Kong	傾
	Taishan	王
	Nanning	傾
	Nanning (Tanka)	傾
	Wuzhou	傾
	Yulin	K
Gan	Nanchang	老K
	Pengze	K
	Lichuan	老K
	Pingxiang	老K, 老, K
Hakka	Luhe	王
	Yudu	老K
Huizhou	Jixi	老K
Jin	Taiyuan	老K
Southern Min	Xiamen	K
	Shantou	K
	Lufeng	K
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	老K
	Suzhou	K, 老K
	Jiangyin	老K