老爺

See also: 老爷

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (老爺)		老	爺
simp. (老爷)		老	爷
alternative forms		姥爺／姥爷 “maternal grandfather”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lǎoye

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄧㄝ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лое (loi͡ə, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ je⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ló-iâ / nó͘-iâ / lāu-iâ / lǎu-iâ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lao² ia⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoye
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoye̊
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-yeh⁵
    • Yale: lǎu-ye
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.ie
    • Palladius: лаое (laoje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ jɛ⁴/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лое (loi͡ə, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔ⁵¹ iə²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ je⁴
    • Yale: lóuh yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɛː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-iâ
    • Tâi-lô: ló-iâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loyiaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ia²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘-iâ
    • Tâi-lô: nóo-iâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nofiaa
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ia²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-iâ
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-iâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxiaa
    • IPA (Penang): /lau²¹ ia²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ ia¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ ia²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ ia²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-iâ
    • Tâi-lô: lǎu-iâ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² ia²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lao² ia⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: láu iâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau⁵²⁻³⁵ ia⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 老爺

1. master; lord
2. (Mandarin, Jin, colloquial) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 姥爺／姥爷 (lǎoye, “maternal grandfather; grandpa”).
3. (Cantonese) father-in-law (husband's father)
4. Term of address to a master by a servant.
5. Term of address used by a woman to her husband.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 公公 (“father-in-law; husband's father”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		公公, 家翁
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	公公
	Taiwan	公公
	Harbin	公公, 老公公
	Shenyang	老公公
	Singapore	家公
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	公公
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	公
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	公公
	Wanrong	阿公
	Xi'an	阿公
	Xuzhou	老公公, 公公
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	公公
	Lanzhou	公公
	Ürümqi	公公
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	公公, 老人公
	Wuhan	公公, 爹爹
	Guiyang	老公公
	Kunming	老公公
	Liuzhou	家公
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	老公公
	Yangzhou	公
	Nantong	公
	Hefei	老公公, 公公
Cantonese	Guangzhou	家公 non-face-to-face, 大人公 non-face-to-face, dated, 老爺 face-to-face
	Hong Kong	家公 non-face-to-face, 老爺 face-to-face
	Taishan	老爺
	Dongguan	老爺, 旦人公
	Yangjiang	家公 non-face-to-face, 老爺 face-to-face
	Singapore (Guangfu)	老爺
Gan	Nanchang	公公, 公家, 公家老子
	Lichuan	公兒
	Pingxiang	公公
Hakka	Meixian	家官
	Xingning	家官
	Huidong (Daling)	家官
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	家公, 家翁, 大娘公
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	家公
	Changting	家官
	Wuping (Pingyu)	家官
	Liancheng	家官
	Ninghua	家官
	Yudu	家官
	Ruijin	家官
	Shicheng	家官
	Shangyou (Shexi)	家官
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	家官
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	家官
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	家官
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	家官
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	家官
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	家官
Huizhou	Jixi	公
Jin	Taiyuan	公公
	Xinzhou	老爺爺, 公公
Northern Min	Jian'ou	公公
	Songxi	公
	Zhenghe	公仔
	Jianyang	爹爹
	Wuyishan	大公
	Pucheng (Shibei)	公爹
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老官
	Fuzhou (Changle)	老官
	Fuqing	官郎, 老官
	Yongtai	老官
	Gutian	爹官
	Fu'an	阿公
	Ningde	爹官
	Shouning	大官
	Zhouning	爹官
	Fuding	阿爹
Southern Min	Xiamen	大官
	Quanzhou	大官
	Zhangzhou	大官
	Taipei	大官
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	大官
	Kaohsiung	大官
	Yilan	大官仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	大官
	Taichung	大官
	Tainan	大官
	Taitung	大官
	Hsinchu	大官
	Kinmen	大官
	Penghu (Magong)	大官
	Penang (Hokkien)	大官, 翁官
	Singapore (Hokkien)	大官
	Manila (Hokkien)	大官
	Chaozhou	大官
	Shantou	大官
	Haifeng	大家官
	Singapore (Teochew)	大官
	Leizhou	家翁
	Haikou	家翁
Puxian Min	Putian	大官
	Xianyou	大官
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	爹
Wu	Shanghai	公公, 阿公, 公爹, 公阿爹
	Shanghai (Chongming)	公
	Suzhou	阿公
	Danyang	公公
	Hangzhou	阿公, 阿公老頭兒
	Ningbo	公公
	Wenzhou	大官爺
	Jinhua	公
Xiang	Changsha	家爺, 家爺老子
	Loudi	家爺
	Shuangfeng	家爺

Descendants

• → Mongolian: ноён (nojon)
  • → English: noyan

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 老爺

1. (Cantonese, Malaysia Hokkien) old; old-fashioned

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	爺
Grade: 4	Hyōgai

Etymology 1

Noun

老爺(おやじ) • (oyaji) 

1. one's father

Etymology 2

Noun

老爺(ろうや) • (rōya) 

1. one's father