老朋友

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; partner
trad. (老朋友)		老	朋友
simp. #(老朋友)		老	朋友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎopéngyou, lǎopéngyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ, ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-pêng-iú / láu-pêng-iú
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lau-ban-yeu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎopéngyou
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎopéngyo̊u
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-pʻêng²-yu⁵
    • Yale: lǎu-péng-you
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoperng.iou
    • Palladius: лаопэнъю (laopɛnʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎopéngyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎopéngyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-pʻêng²-yu³
    • Yale: lǎu-péng-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoperngyeou
    • Palladius: лаопэнъю (laopɛnʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵
    • Yale: lóuh pàhng yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ peng⁴ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ pʰɐŋ²¹ jɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-pêng-iú
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-pîng-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxpeng'iuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ piɪŋ²³⁻³³ iu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-pêng-iú
    • Tâi-lô: láu-pîng-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: law'peng'iuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²³⁻³³ iu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-ban-yeu
    • MiniDict: lau^去 ban yeu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-ban-hhieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² bã⁵⁵ ɦiɤ²¹/

Noun

老朋友

1. old friend
2. (euphemistic) menstrual period

Synonyms

• (old friend):

• 以前的朋友 (yǐqián de péngyou)
• 故交 (gùjiāo) (literary)
• 故人 (gùrén) (literary)
• 故友 (gùyǒu)
• 故知 (gùzhī) (literary)
• 故舊／故旧 (gùjiù) (literary)
• 老友 (lǎoyǒu)
• 老朋 (Cantonese)
• 老盆友 (lǎopényǒu) (neologism, Internet, slang, humorous, cute-sounding)
• 老相識／老相识 (lǎoxiāngshí)
• 舊交／旧交 (jiùjiāo)
• 舊友／旧友 (jiùyǒu)
• 舊故／旧故 (jiùgù) (literary)
• 舊知／旧知 (jiùzhī) (literary)

 

• (menstrual period): 經期／经期 (jīngqī)

Dialectal synonyms of 月經 (“menstruation; period”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		月經, 月信, 月事, 潮信 euphemistic
Mandarin	Beijing	月經, 例假
	Taiwan	月經, 月事, 好朋友, 大姨媽
	Yantai (Muping)	經脈兒
	Jinan	月經, 例假
	Wanrong	月經, 身上
	Xining	例假
	Wuhan	好事
	Singapore	月經, 大姨媽
	Dagudi (Maliba)	月經, 姊妹
	Reshuitang (Longling)	大姨媽
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	月經, 大姨媽
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	月經
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大姨媽, 姑婆, 例假
	Hong Kong	月經, 大姨媽, M
Gan	Lichuan	身上
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	月期
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	月期
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	月期
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	月期
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	月期
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	月期
Jin	Taiyuan	月經
Southern Min	Xiamen	月經
	Quanzhou	月經
	Zhangzhou	月經
	Kaohsiung	月經
	Yilan	月經
	Changhua (Lukang)	月經
	Taichung	月事
	Taichung (Wuqi)	月經
	Tainan	mè-sù, 月經, 驚儂個
	Taitung	月經
	Hsinchu	月經
	Penghu (Magong)	月經
	Singapore (Hokkien)	月經
	Manila (Hokkien)	月經
	Jieyang	老馬
Wu	Shanghai	月經, 經水 dated, 老朋友, 老鬼三, 大姨媽
	Ningbo	大尿, 月家
	Wenzhou	身上來

Derived terms

• 中國人民的老朋友／中国人民的老朋友 (Zhōngguó rénmín de lǎopéngyou)