王老五

Chinese

		king; Wang (proper name)	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	five
trad. (王老五)		王	老	五
simp. #(王老五)		王	老	五

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wánglǎowǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ lou⁵ ng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánglǎowǔ [Phonetic: wángláowǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánglǎowǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wang²-lao³-wu³
    • Yale: wáng-lǎu-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanglaowuu
    • Palladius: ванлао’у (vanlao’u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánglǎowǔr [Phonetic: wángláowǔr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄨˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánglǎowǔr
    • Wade–Giles: wang²-lao³-wu³-ʼrh
    • Yale: wáng-lǎu-wǔr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanglaowuul
    • Palladius: ванлао’ур (vanlao’ur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ uɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ lou⁵ ng⁵
    • Yale: wòhng lóuh ńgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ lou⁵ ng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ lou⁵ ng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ lou̯¹³ ŋ̍¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 王老五

1. (slang, colloquial) bachelor

Synonyms

• 單身漢／单身汉 (dānshēnhàn)
• 跑腿子 (pǎotuǐzi)
• (Cantonese) 寡佬, 單身寡佬／单身寡佬
• (Hakka) 羅漢腳／罗汉脚
• (Min Nan) 十一叔, 十一哥, 獨身仔／独身仔, 羅漢跤／罗汉跤, 羅漢跤仔／罗汉跤仔, 孤老頭／孤老头