古老

Chinese

		ancient; old	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (古老)		古	老
simp. #(古老)		古	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² lou⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kú-ló
• Northern Min (KCR): gǔ-lǎu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-ló / kó͘-nó͘ / kó͘-láu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gou² lao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔlǎo [Phonetic: gúlǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-lao³
    • Yale: gǔ-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guulao
    • Palladius: гулао (gulao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² lou⁵
    • Yale: gú lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ lou̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kú-ló
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu` lo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu³ lo³
    • Sinological IPA: /ku³¹ lo³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǔ-lǎu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹ lau²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-ló
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofloir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-nó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-nóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofnor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-láu
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-láu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koflao
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lau⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gou² lao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóu láu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou⁵²⁻³⁵ lau⁵²⁻²¹/

Adjective

古老

1. ancient; old; hoary

   一座很古老的建築 [MSC, trad.]
   一座很古老的建筑 [MSC, simp.]

   yī zuò hěn gǔlǎo de jiànzhù [Pinyin]

   an ancient building

Synonyms

• 古代 (gǔdài) (attributive)
• 古典 (gǔdiǎn) (attributive)
• 古舊／古旧 (gǔjiù)