老公

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	just; honorable; public just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎogōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ gung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-kûng
• Min Dong (BUC): lâu-gŭng
• Min Nan (POJ): lāu-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • 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/

Noun

老公

1. (colloquial) husband
2. (literary) elderly person
3. (archaic) father
4. (humorous) the public

Coordinate terms

• 老婆 (lǎopo, “wife”)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎogong

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎogong
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.gong
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ g̊ʊŋ⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ gung¹
    • Yale: lóuh gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ gung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

老公

1. (colloquial, archaic) eunuch

Synonyms

• 公公 (gōnggong)