老大人

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	adult; grown-up; person of high rank
trad. (老大人)		老	大人
simp. ^#(老大人)		老	大人

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lǎu-tōa-lâng / lāu-tōa-lâng

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-tōa-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-tuā-lâng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² tua⁴¹⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-tōa-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-tuā-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxdoaxlaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ tua²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ tua²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ tua³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ tua³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/

Noun

老大人

(Southern Min, polite, term of address) venerable old person; elderly man or woman

Synonyms

家先生 (Hakka, polite, term of address)
老人 (lǎorén)
老人家 (polite, term of address)
老年人 (lǎoniánrén)
老者 (lǎozhě) (literary)
黃髮／黄发 (huángfà) (literary)

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