老伴

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	partner; companion; associate partner; companion; associate; to accompany; comrade
simp. and trad. (老伴)		老	伴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láobàn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄅㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ bun⁶, lou⁵ pun^5-2
Min Nan (POJ): lāu-phōaⁿ / lǎu-phǒaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: láobàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄅㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laubann
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ pän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (老伴兒／老伴儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: láobànr
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄅㄢˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lauball
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ pɑɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ bun⁶, lou⁵ pun^5-2
  - Yale: lóuh buhn, lóuh pún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ bun⁶, lou⁵ pun^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ bun⁶, lou⁵ pun²
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ puːn²²/, /lou̯¹³ pʰuːn¹³⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-phōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-phuānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxphvoa
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ pʰuã³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ pʰuã²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ pʰuã³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-phǒaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-phuǎnn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²² pʰuã²²/

Noun

老伴

husband or wife (of an elderly couple)
old friend
(figuratively) beloved things

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