老竇

See also: 老窦

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	hole; aperture; cavity hole; aperture; cavity; (anatomy) sinus
trad. (老竇)		老	竇
simp. (老窦)		老	窦

Etymology

From 老頭／老头 (lou5 tau4), possibly due to dialectal (Shunde) influence. The choice of using 竇 may be influenced by the connection with Dou Yujun (竇禹鈞), father of five sons, who had the right method of teaching them.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lou⁵ dau⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lau² deu⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ dau⁶
    • Yale: lóuh dauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ dau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ deo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tɐu̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lau² deu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau⁵⁵ teu³²/

Noun

老竇

1. (Cantonese, informal) Alternative form of 老豆 (“dad; old man”)