老竇

See also: 老窦

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	hole; aperture; cavity hole; aperture; cavity; sinus (anatom.)
trad. (老竇)		老	竇
simp. (老窦)		老	窦

Etymology

From 老頭／老头 (lou5 tau4), possibly due to dialectal (Shunde) influence. The choice of using 竇 may be influenced by the connection with Dou Yujun (竇禹鈞), father of five sons, who had the right method of teaching them.

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): lou⁵ dau⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lau² deu⁵

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ dau⁶
  - Yale: lóuh dauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ dau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ deo⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tɐu̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lau² deu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /lau⁵⁵ teu³²/

Noun

老竇

(Cantonese, informal) Alternative form of 老豆 (“dad; old man”).

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