老人家

Chinese

		old person; the elderly; elder	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (老人家)		老人	家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎorenjia, lǎorénjia

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄖㄣ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ, ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-ngìn-kâ
Min Nan (POJ): lǎu-lâng-ke / lāu-lâng-ke / lāu-lâng-kee / ló-jîn-ka / ló-lîn-ka

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎorenjia
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄖㄣ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.rhen.jia
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʐən⁴ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎorénjia
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoren.jia
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹
  - Yale: lóuh yàhn gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yen⁴ ga¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹ käː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-ngìn-kâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo` nginˇ ga´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ ngin² ga¹
  - IPA: /lo³¹ ɲin¹¹ ka²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-lâng-ke
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-lâng-ke
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²² laŋ²⁴⁻²² ke³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-lâng-ke
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-lâng-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxlangkef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-lâng-kee
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-lâng-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-jîn-ka
  - Tâi-lô: ló-jîn-ka
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loyjinkaf
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑin²³⁻³³ ka⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-lîn-ka
  - Tâi-lô: ló-lîn-ka
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loylinkaf
  - IPA (Taipei): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴/

Noun

老人家

(polite, term of address) venerable old person; elderly man or woman
(polite, non-face-to-face term of address) parents (of the speaker or another person)

Synonyms

(elderly man or woman): (Min Nan) 老大人

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