老鴰

Chinese

	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (老鴰)	老	鴰
simp. (老鸹)	老	鸹
alternative forms	老鴉／老鸦老哇 (-wa)

Etymology

Composed of 老 (lǎo, “prefix used in animal names”) + an onomatopoeic morpheme. Shifted to 老哇 (lǎowa) (Harbin Mandarin given here as an example) in various Mandarin varieties.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lǎoguā, lǎowa

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄚ, ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄨㄚ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nao³ wa¹

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лова (lova, II-I)
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lau-gho
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lau³ ua¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoguā → lǎogua (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄚ → ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄍㄨㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoguå
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-kua⁵
  - Yale: lǎu-gwa
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.gua
  - Palladius: лаогуа (laogua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/ → /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ g̊u̯ä⁴/
- (Harbin)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎowa
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎowå
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-wa⁵
  - Yale: lǎu-wa
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.ua
  - Palladius: лаова (laova)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ wä⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nao³ wa¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: laowa
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nau⁵³ ua⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лова (lova, II-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔ⁵¹ va²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lau-gho
  - MiniDict: lau^去 gho
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-hho
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² ɦo⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lau³ ua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒu̯⁴¹ u̯a̠³³/

Noun

老鴰

(dialectal) crow; raven
- 18th century, Cao Xueqin, chapter 57, in Dream of the Red Chamber:
  
  眾人笑道：「這又獃了。天下老鴰一般黑，豈有兩樣的？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  众人笑道：「这又呆了。天下老鸹一般黑，岂有两样的？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  Zhòngrén xiào dào: “Zhè yòu dāi le. Tiānxià lǎogua yībān hēi, qǐ yǒu liǎngyàng de?” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 烏鴉 (“crow; raven”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		烏, 鴉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		烏鴉
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老鴰, 老鴉兒
	Taiwan	烏鴉
	Langfang	老鴰
	Ulanhot	老鴰
	Tongliao	老鴰
	Chifeng	老鴰
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	老鴰
	Harbin	老哇, 老哇子, 黑老哇, 烏鴉
	Shenyang	老鴰
	Malaysia	烏鴉
	Singapore	烏鴉
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	老鴰
	Tangshan	老鴰
	Cangzhou	老鴰
	Baoding	老鴰
	Shijiazhuang	老鴰
	Jinan	老鴰, 黑老鴰
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	黑老哇子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	老哇
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	老鴰
	Daming	老鴰
	Wanrong	老哇
	Zhengzhou	老鴰
	Xi'an	老哇, 黑老哇
	Xining	老哇, 鴰老闆
	Xuzhou	老哇, 烏鴉
	Pizhou	老鴰
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	黑老, 黑老鴰, 晦氣烏
	Donghai	黑老鸛
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	老哇, 黑老哇, 烏鴉
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	黑老哇
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	老哇
	Bayanhot	老哇
	Lanzhou	老哇, 狼老哇
	Ürümqi	老哇
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	老哇, 烏鴉
	Wuhan	老哇
	Guiyang	老哇
	Zhaotong	老哇
	Daguan	老哇, 黑老哇
	Kunming	老哇
	Guilin	烏鴉
	Pingle	烏鴉
	Liuzhou	烏鴉, 烏鴉鳥
	Luzhai	烏鴉
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	老哇
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	老哇
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	老哇, 黑老哇
	Yangzhou	老鴉
	Baoying	老鴉
	Taizhou	烏鴉
	Zhenjiang	老鴉
	Lianyungang	烏鴉, 黑老鴇
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	老鴰子
	Xuyi	老鴰子
	Nantong	老鴉
	Rugao	老鴉
	Yancheng	烏鴉
	Funing	烏鴉
	Sihong	老鴰
	Hefei	老鴰子, 老鴰
	Huanggang	老鴉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	烏鴉, 老鴉
	Hong Kong	烏鴉
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	老鴉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	烏鴉
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	烏鴉
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	老鴉
	Macau	烏鴉
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	烏鴉
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	老鴉
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	呱乸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	烏鴉
	Foshan	烏鴉
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	烏鴉
	Foshan (Shunde)	烏鴉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鴉雀
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	烏鴉
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	烏鴉
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	烏鴉
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	烏鴉
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	烏鴉
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	烏鴉
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	烏鴉
	Taishan	烏鴉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	烏鴉
	Enping (Niujiang)	烏鴉
	Heshan (Yayao)	烏鴉
	Dongguan	烏鴉
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	烏鴉
	Shaoguan	烏鴉
	Yunfu	烏鴉
	Yangjiang	老鴉
	Xinyi	烏鴉
	Lianjiang	烏鴉
	Nanning	烏鴉
	Wuzhou	烏鴉
	Yulin	烏鴉
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	烏鴉
	Beihai	烏鴉
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	烏鴉, 老鴉
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	老鴉
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	烏鴉, 老鴉
	Dongxing	烏鴉
	Danzhou	老鴉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	烏鴉
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	烏鴉
	Móng Cái	烏鴉, 老鴉
Gan	Nanchang	老鴉
	Lichuan	老鴉
	Pingxiang	老鴉, 鴉雀
Hakka	Meixian	老鴉
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	烏鴉
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	烏鴉
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	烏鴉
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	老鴉
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	烏鴉
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	烏鴉
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	烏鴉
	Wuhua (Changbu)	烏鴉
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	烏鴉
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	老鴉
	Liannan	老鴉
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	烏鴉
	Jiexi	老鴉
	Changting	烏鴉鵲
	Liancheng	老鴉
	Ninghua	老鴉子
	Yudu	老鴉
	Shicheng	老鴉
	Shangyou (Shexi)	老鴉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老鴉仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	烏鴉仔, 老鴉仔, 烏鴉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	烏鴉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老鴉, 烏鴉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	烏鴉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	烏鴉
	Hong Kong	老鴉, 烏鴉
	Luchuan	烏鴉
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	老鴉, 烏鴉
	Sabah (Longchuan)	烏鴉
	Senai (Huiyang)	老鴉
	Singkawang	烏鴉
Huizhou	Jixi	老鴉
	Shexian	老鴉
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	老鴉
	Xiuning	老鴉
	Yixian	老鴉
	Qimen	老鴉
	Wuyuan	老鴉
	Dexing	老鴉
Jin	Taiyuan	黑老哇
	Pingyao	黑老哇
	Xinzhou	黑澇鴉兒
	Taibus (Baochang)	黑老哇
	Linhe	黑老哇
	Jining	黑老哇
	Hohhot	黑老哇
	Baotou	烏鴉
	Dongsheng	黑老哇
	Haibowan	黑老哇
	Zhangjiakou	老哇
	Handan	老鴰
	Huojia	老鴰
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老鴉
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	老鴉
	Songxi	老鴉
	Zhenghe	老鴉
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	老烏
	Jianyang	老鴉
	Wuyishan	老鴉
	Pucheng (Shibei)	老鴉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老鴉
	Fuzhou (Changle)	老鴉
	Fuqing	老鴉
	Yongtai	老鴰
	Gutian	老鴉
	Fu'an	老鴉
	Ningde	老鴉
	Shouning	老鴉
	Zhouning	老鴉
	Fuding	老鴉
Southern Min	Xiamen	烏鴉
	Quanzhou	烏鴉
	Dehua	西烏
	Zhangzhou	烏鴉
	Dongshan	烏鴉
	Taipei	烏鴉
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	烏鴉
	Kaohsiung	烏鴉, 烏鴉仔
	Yilan	烏鴉仔
	Kinmen	烏鴉
	Penghu (Magong)	烏鴉
	Penang (Hokkien)	烏鴉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	烏鴉, 歹鳥
	Manila (Hokkien)	烏鴉
	Zhangping	老鴉
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	老鴉
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	老鴉
	Chaozhou	烏鴉, 老鴰
	Jieyang	老鴰
	Haifeng	烏鴉
	Bangkok (Teochew)	烏鴉
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	烏鴉
	Leizhou	沙烏
	Wenchang	衫烏
	Qionghai	衫烏
Puxian Min	Putian	鶚卵, 烏鴉
Puxian Min	Xianyou	鶚卵
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	烏鴉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	烏鴉, 老鴉
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	烏鴉
Shehua	Fu'an	老鴉
	Fuding	老鴉
	Luoyuan	老鴉
	Sanming	老鴉
	Shunchang	老鴉
	Hua'an	老鴉
	Guixi (Zhangping)	老鴉
	Cangnan	老鴉
	Jingning (Hexi)	老鴉
	Lishui	老鴉
	Longyou	老鴉
	Chaozhou	烏鴉
	Fengshun	老鴉
Wu	Shanghai	烏鴉, 老鴉
	Shanghai (Chongming)	老鴉
	Suzhou	老鴉, 烏鴉
	Wuxi	老鴉
	Changshu	老鴉
	Nantong (Haimen)	老鴉
	Changzhou	老鴉
	Danyang	烏老鴉, 烏鴉, 老鴉
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	老哇
	Hangzhou	烏老鴉, 烏老鴉兒, 烏鴉
	Ningbo	老鴉, 烏鴉
	Wenzhou	老鴉, 烏老鴉
	Jinhua	烏老鴉, 烏鴉
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	烏老鴉
Xiang	Changsha	老哇子, 老哇
	Loudi	老哇子, 老哇
	Shuangfeng	老哇子
	Quanzhou	烏鴉

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Bonan: lova
→ Dongxiang: laowa
→ Mangghuer: laowa
⇒ Korean: 노갱이 (nogaeng'i)