老太爺

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	paternal grandfather; head of the house
trad. (老太爺)		老	太爺
simp. (老太爷)		老	太爷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎotàiyé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ taai³ je⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎotàiyé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎotàiyé
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tʻai⁴-yeh²
    • Yale: lǎu-tài-yé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotayye
    • Palladius: лаотайе (laotaje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ jɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ taai³ je⁴
    • Yale: lóuh taai yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ taai³ je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ tai³ yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tʰaːi̯³³ jɛː²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 老太爺

1. (honorific) elderly gentleman
2. (honorific) your father; my father or father-in-law