老公

Chinese[edit]

		old (of people); aged; venerable (person) old (of people); aged; venerable (person); outdated; experienced; (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity)	just; honorable (designation); public just; honorable (designation); public; common
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
  - 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 (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

老公

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

老公