咾

咾 U+54BE, 咾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54BE ← 咽 [U+54BD] CJK Unified Ideographs 咿 → [U+54BF]

Translingual

Han character

咾 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口十大心 (RJKP), four-corner 6401₁, composition ⿰口老)

1. a noise
2. a sound

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 188, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3578
• Dae Jaweon: page 407, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 612, character 6
• Unihan data for U+54BE

Chinese

trad.		咾
simp. #		咾

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 老

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎo (lao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵
• Jin (Wiktionary): lau²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lao³
    • Yale: lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao
    • Palladius: лао (lao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁵
    • Yale: lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lau²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /lau⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau
    • MiniDict: lau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²³/

Definitions

咾

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Etymology 2

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁰lau

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁰lau
    • MiniDict: lau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁰lau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ/

Definitions

咾 (Shanghainese)

1. and; or; connector in lists

   飯咾麵咾吃個物事儕撥伊吃脫了。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   饭咾面咾吃个物事侪拨伊吃脱了。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶ve-lau ⁶mi-lau ⁷chiq-gheq₈-meq₈-zy₆ ⁶ze ⁷peq ⁶yi ⁷chiq-theq₇-leq [Wugniu]

   All the food was eaten by him, be it rice or noodles.

   • 河裡個水齷齪咾少。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     河里个水龌龊咾少。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2007, 上海话大词典, page 474

     ⁶wu-li₆-gheq ⁵sy ⁷oq-tsoq₇-lau ⁵sau [Wugniu]

     The water in the river is dirty and hard to come by.

2. used to indicate subsequent actions in instructions

   豬肉要燒熟咾吃。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   猪肉要烧熟咾吃。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ¹tsy-gnioq₈ ⁵iau ¹sau-zoq₈-lau ⁷chiq [Wugniu]

   You have to cook the pork thoroughly before eating.

3. and; or; connector for contrasting attributes

   我勿曉得伊好咾壞。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   我勿晓得伊好咾坏。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶ngu ⁶veq₈-shiau₅-teq₇ ⁶yi ⁵hau-lau ⁶wa [Wugniu]

   I don't know if he's good or bad.

4. because; since; therefore

   我肚皮痛咾勿吃飯了。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   我肚皮痛咾勿吃饭了。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶ngu ⁶du-bi₆ ⁵thon-lau ⁶veq₈-chiq₇ ⁶ve leq [Wugniu]

   I'm not eating since my stomach hurts.

5. used to indicate the topic

   • 人咾，今朝勿曉得明朝個。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     人咾，今朝勿晓得明朝个。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: ref=2007, 上海话大词典, page 474

     ⁶gnin-lau ¹cin-tsau₁ ⁶veq₈-shiau₅-teq₇ ⁶min-tsau₁-gheq [Wugniu]

     As for people, one doesn't know today how they will act tomorrow.

6. an intensifier

   就是搿能做咾！ [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]

   ⁶zhieu-zy₆ ⁸geq-nen₆ ⁵tsu-lau [Wugniu]

   Exactly this way!

7. a generic sentence-final particle

   我來咾，當心眼。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   我来咾，当心眼。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶ngu ⁶le-lau ¹taon-shin₁-nge₆ [Wugniu]

   I'm coming, watch out.

   吃飯咾！／我來咾！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   吃饭咾！／我来咾！ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁷chiq ⁶ve lau ⁶ngu ⁶le lau [Wugniu]

   Time for dinner! / I'm coming!

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ló

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lo²

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló
    • Tâi-lô: ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lo²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ló
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lo⁵²/

Definitions

咾

1. Only used in 呵咾 (o-ló).

Compounds

• 咕咾肉 (gūlǎoròu)

 

Japanese

Kanji

咾

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)
• Kun: こえ (koe, 咾)^{←こゑ (kowe, 咾, historical)}

Vietnamese

Han character

咾: Hán Nôm readings: láo, rảu, làu

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