老兄

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	elder brother
trad. (老兄)		老	兄
simp. #(老兄)		老	兄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoxiōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ hing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-hiaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoxiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎosyong
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-hsiung¹
    • Yale: lǎu-syūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshiong
    • Palladius: лаосюн (laosjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ hing¹
    • Yale: lóuh hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ hing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ hing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ hɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-hiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-hiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxhviaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ hiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² hiã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ hiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ hiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ hiã⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 老兄

1. brother; old chap (form of address between male friends)

See also

• 撈鬆／捞松