老司機

See also: 老司机

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	driver; chauffeur
trad. (老司機)		老	司機
simp. (老司机)		老	司机

Etymology

The neologism usages are inspired by an Internet meme in Mainland China.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎosījī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄙ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ si¹ gei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎosījī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄙ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎosihji
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-ssŭ¹-chi¹
    • Yale: lǎu-sz̄-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laosyji
    • Palladius: лаосыцзи (laosyczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ si¹ gei¹
    • Yale: lóuh sī gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ si¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ xi¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ siː⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

老司機

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 老 (lǎo),‎ 司機／司机 (sījī): experienced vehicle driver
2. (Mainland China, slang, neologism) old hand; veteran; insider

Related terms

• (neologism): 開車／开车 (kāichē)