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老虎
老虎
Chinese
old (of people); aged; venerable (person); outdated; experienced; (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity)
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tiger | ||
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simp. and trad. (老虎) |
老 | 虎 | |
Noun
老虎
Derived terms
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See also
Etymology
老 (lǎo, “old; venerable”) is used to indicate respect for the dangerous animal, which is subject to taboo. Compare ancient Chu dialect 於菟.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): lau3 'fu3
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): lau2 hu2
- Min Dong (BUC): lâu-hū
- Min Nan
- Wu (Wiktionary): lau hu (T3)
- Xiang (Wiktionary): lau3 fu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laohuu
- IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lou5 fu2
- Yale: lóuh fú
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 fu2
- IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lau1 fu2
- IPA (key): /lau³³ fu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo-fú
- Hakka Romanization System: lo fu`
- Hagfa Pinyim: lo4 fu3
- IPA: /lo⁵⁵ fu³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: no-fú
- Hakka Romanization System: no fu`
- Hagfa Pinyim: no4 fu3
- IPA: /no⁵⁵ fu³¹/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: lau3 fu3
- IPA: /lau³¹ fu³¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Jin
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: lâu-hū
- IPA (key): /l̃au²⁴²⁻⁵³ (h-)u³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-hó͘
- Tâi-lô: láu-hóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: law'hor
- IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: lao6 houn2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lău hóuⁿ
- IPA (key): /lau³⁵⁻¹¹ hõũ⁵²/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: lau hu (T3)
- IPA (key): /lɔ²² hv̩ʷ⁴⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
- Xiang