老大人

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	adult; grown-up; Your Excellency adult; grown-up; Your Excellency; His Excellency
simp. and trad. (老大人)		老	大人

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): lǎu-tōa-lâng / lāu-tōa-lâng

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-tōa-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-tuā-lâng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²² tua⁴¹⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-tōa-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-tuā-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxdoaxlaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ tua²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ tua²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ tua³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ tua³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/

Noun

老大人

(Min Nan) venerable old person; elderly man or woman

Synonyms

老人家 (lǎorenjia)

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