老兄
Chinese
editold; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
elder brother | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老兄) | 老 | 兄 | |
| simp. #(老兄) | 老 | 兄 | |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lou5 hing1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-hiaⁿ / láu-hiaⁿ / láu-heng
- Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): lau3 xian1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎosyong
- Wade–Giles: lao3-hsiung1
- Yale: lǎu-syūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshiong
- Palladius: лаосюн (laosjun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 hing1
- Yale: lóuh hīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 hing1
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 hing1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ hɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-hiaⁿ
- Tâi-lô: lāu-hiann
- Phofsit Daibuun: lauxhviaf
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ hiã⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ hiã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-hiaⁿ
- Tâi-lô: láu-hiann
- Phofsit Daibuun: law'hviaf
- IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiã⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-heng
- Tâi-lô: láu-hing
- Phofsit Daibuun: law'hefng
- IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Xiang
- (Hengyang)
- Wiktionary: lau3 xian1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯³³ ɕi̯an⁴⁴⁵/
- (Hengyang)
Noun
edit老兄
- brother; old chap (form of address between male friends)
- 老兄必將曰，「我只取兵技而習之，何曾敎人崇梁書？」 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
- From: 1908, letter by Kim Yeong'ik (金永益)
- Rohyeong pil jang wal, "A ji chwi byeonggi i seup ji, hajeung gyo in sung Ryang seo?" [Sino-Korean]
- Old friend, surely you will say, "I merely made them learn military skills; when did I ever teach people to venerate the books of Liang [Qichao]?"
- (Ruijin Hakka, Xiang) elder brother; big brother
Synonyms
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