老友

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	friend
trad. (老友)		老	友
simp. #(老友)		老	友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-iú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoyǒu [Phonetic: láoyǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-yu³
    • Yale: lǎu-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoyeou
    • Palladius: лаою (laoju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ jau⁵
    • Yale: lóuh yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-iú
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² iu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ iu⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 老友

1. old friend; old pal

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 老友

1. (Cantonese) in a deep friendship