老母雞

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	hen; female chicken; to not know
trad. (老母雞/老母鷄)		老	母雞/母鷄
simp. (老母鸡)		老	母鸡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎomǔjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ mou⁵ gai¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lau-m-ci

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎomǔjī [Phonetic: láomǔjī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎomǔji
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-mu³-chi¹
    • Yale: lǎu-mǔ-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laomuuji
    • Palladius: лаомуцзи (laomuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ mou⁵ gai¹
    • Yale: lóuh móuh gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ mou⁵ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ mou⁵ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ mou̯¹³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-m-ci
    • MiniDict: lau^去 m ci
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-mm-ji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² m̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/

Noun

老母雞

1. (literally) old hen
2. (figurative) noisy and talkative person
3. (Cantonese, derogatory) old bitch; old bag (insult for a woman)
4. (Northern Wu) a chicken that has laid eggs for many years