老毛子

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	foreigner; white man; bandit foreigner; white man; bandit; brigand; outlaw
trad. (老毛子)		老	毛子
simp. #(老毛子)		老	毛子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lǎomáozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ломозы (lomozɨ, II-I-0)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ mou⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎomáozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎomáozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-mao²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: lǎu-máu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laomau.tzy
    • Palladius: лаомаоцзы (laomaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ломозы (lomozɨ, II-I-0)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔ⁵¹ mɔ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁰/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ mou⁴ zi²
    • Yale: lóuh mòuh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ mou⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ mou⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ mou̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

老毛子

1. (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) a Russian, a Russki (person)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 俄羅斯人 (“Russian person”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		俄羅斯人, 俄國人
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	俄國人
	Taiwan	俄羅斯人, 俄國人
	Harbin	毛子, 老毛子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	老毛子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	老毛子
Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	老毛子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	老毛子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	俄羅斯人, 俄國人, 俄國佬
Jin	Taiyuan	俄毛子

• 紅毛子／红毛子 (hóngmáozi)