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		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; partner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): láu-pêng-iú / lāu-pêng-iú

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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)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-pêng-iú / lāu-pêng-iú
    • Tâi-lô: láu-pîng-iú / lāu-pîng-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: law'peng'iuo, lauxpeng'iuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/, /lau²²⁻²¹ piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iu⁵⁵⁴/, /lau⁴¹⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ¹³⁻²² iu⁵³/, /lau²²⁻²¹ piɪŋ¹³⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/, /lau³³⁻¹¹ piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²³⁻³³ iu⁴¹/, /lau³³⁻²¹ piɪŋ²³⁻³³ iu⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 老朋友

1. old friend
2. (euphemistic) menstrual period

Synonyms

• (old friend):

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• 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)

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