老弱婦孺

Chinese

		the old and the weak	women and children
trad. (老弱婦孺)		老弱	婦孺
simp. (老弱妇孺)		老弱	妇孺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoruòfùrú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ joek⁶ fu⁵ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoruòfùrú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoruòfùrú
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-jo⁴-fu⁴-ju²
    • Yale: lǎu-rwò-fù-rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoruohfuhru
    • Palladius: лаожофужу (laožofužu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ joek⁶ fu⁵ jyu⁴
    • Yale: lóuh yeuhk fúh yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ joek⁹ fu⁵ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yêg⁶ fu⁵ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jœːk̚² fuː¹³ jyː²¹/

Idiom

老弱婦孺

1. the elderly, the infirm, women, and children