老早

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	early; morning
trad. (老早)		老	早
simp. #(老早)		老	早

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎozǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ zou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-chá
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lau-tsau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozǎo [Phonetic: láozǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎozǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tsao³
    • Yale: lǎu-dzǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotzao
    • Palladius: лаоцзао (laoczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozǎor [Phonetic: láozǎor]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎozǎor
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tsao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: lǎu-dzǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotzaol
    • Palladius: лаоцзаор (laoczaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡saʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ zou²
    • Yale: lóuh jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ t͡sou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-chá
    • Tâi-lô: láu-tsá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lawzar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sa⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-tsau
    • MiniDict: lau^去 tsau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-tsau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² t͡sɔ⁴⁴/

Adverb

老早

1. very early
2. long ago

   搿隻故事講個是老早個事體。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   搿只故事讲个是老早个事体。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁸geq-tsaq ⁵ku-zy ⁵kaon-geq ⁵sy ⁶lau-tsau-geq ⁶zy-thi [Wugniu]

   The story happened long ago.