老倌

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	a groom
trad. (老倌)		老	倌
simp. #(老倌)		老	倌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoguan
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-kuan¹
    • Yale: lǎu-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoguan
    • Palladius: лаогуань (laoguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ gun¹
    • Yale: lóuh gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ kuːn⁵⁵/

Noun

老倌

1. (Cantonese or in the context of Cantonese opera) famous Cantonese opera performer

   Synonym: 大老倌

2. (Hangzhounese) adult; grownup

   • 有個老倌在門口尋你。 [Hangzhounese, trad.]
     有个老倌在门口寻你。 [Hangzhounese, simp.]

     From: 1998, 杭州方言詞典, page 22

     There's an adult looking for you at the door.

3. (Xiang) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• 二老倌
• 土地老倌
• 廟老倌／庙老倌
• 浸老倌
• 田老倌
• 野老倌