老夫
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Chinese[edit]
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
husband; man | ||
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trad. (老夫) | 老 | 夫 | |
simp. #(老夫) | 老 | 夫 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎofu
- Wade–Giles: lao3-fu1
- Yale: lǎu-fū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laofu
- Palladius: лаофу (laofu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 fu1
- Yale: lóuh fū
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 fu1
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 fu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ fuː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: lawX pju
Pronoun[edit]
老夫
Usage notes[edit]
Used in ancient times as a form of self-address by elderly males.
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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老 | 夫 |
ろう Grade: 4 |
ふ Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
Noun[edit]
- an old man
See also[edit]
Categories:
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- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Mandarin terms with quotations
- Japanese terms spelled with 老 read as ろう
- Japanese terms spelled with 夫 read as ふ
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- ja:Male people