老公

Chinese[edit]

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	just; honorable; public just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
simp. and trad. (老公)		老	公

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎogōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laogong
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ gung¹
  - Yale: lóuh gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ gung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-kûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo` gung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ gung¹
  - IPA: /lo³¹ kuŋ²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lâu-gŭng
  - IPA ^(key): /l̃au²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)uŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-kong
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxkofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁴¹⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

老公

(husband):
- (formal) 丈夫 (zhàngfu), 先生 (xiānshēng)
- (Mainland) 愛人／爱人 (àirén, “husband or wife”)

老公