兩老

Chinese

both; two; some
both; two; some; a few; tael
 
old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
trad. (兩老) 兩 老
simp. (两老) 两 老

Pronunciation

Noun

兩老

  1. two seniors (from an older generation)
  2. parents; mother and father; mum and dad
  3. (Hakka) husband and wife; married couple

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 父母 (“father and mother; parents”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 父母, 爺娘, 怙恃, 雙親
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 父母, 雙親, 父母親
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 爹媽, 老家兒
Taiwan 爸媽
Singapore 爸媽, 家長
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 老的兒, 爹媽
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 老兒的
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 媽爸
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 娘老子
Lanzhou 娘老子, 老漢們
Ürümqi 娘老子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 娘老子, 媽老漢兒
Chongqing 媽老漢兒
Wuhan 娘老子, 兩老
Liuzhou 娘老子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 娘老子
Yangzhou 娘老子
Nantong 爺娘
Cantonese Guangzhou 老豆老母
Hong Kong 老豆老母, 爹哋媽咪, 阿爸阿媽
Yangjiang 老子阿奶
Gan Nanchang 爺娘
Pingxiang 娘爺
Hakka Meixian 爺哀
Xingning 爺哀
Huidong (Daling) 阿爸阿姆
Dongguan (Qingxi) 阿姆阿爸
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 爺哀
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿爸阿姆
Liannan 爺哀
Jiexi 爺哀
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 爺哀
Changting 爹哀, 爺哀
Wuping 爺哀
Wuping (Yanqian) 爺哀
Wuping (Pingyu) 爺哀
Ninghua 爹母
Ningdu 爹姐
Ruijin 哀爹, 爺娘, 爺哀
Shicheng 爹哀
Shangyou (Shexi) 爺姐
Tonggu (Sandu) 娘爺
Ganzhou (Panlong) 爺姐
Dayu 爺佬姐佬
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 爺哀, 爺母, 兩老
Hong Kong 阿爸阿姆
Yangxi (Tangkou) 老子阿奶
Yangchun (Sanjia) 父母
Xinyi (Sihe) 爺哀
Xinyi (Qianpai) 爺哀
Gaozhou (Xindong) 爸媽
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 父母親
Huazhou (Xin'an) 爺哀
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 爺哀, 爸哀
Lianjiang (Qingping) 爸哀
Luchuan 爸媽
Huizhou Jixi 娘老子, 老子娘, 老子爺娘
Jin Taiyuan 爹娘
Xinzhou 老子娘
Northern Min Jian'ou 爹奶
Eastern Min Fuzhou 爸奶
Matsu 爸奶
Southern Min Xiamen 爸母, 老爸母
Quanzhou 爸母, 老爸母
Jinjiang 爸母
Zhangzhou 爸母, 老爸母
Zhao'an 爸母
Taipei 爸母
New Taipei (Sanxia) 爸母
Kaohsiung 爸母
Yilan 爸母
Changhua (Lukang) 爸母
Taichung 爸母
Tainan 爸母
Hsinchu 爸母
Kinmen 爸母
Penghu (Magong) 爸母
Penang (Hokkien) 爸母
Singapore (Hokkien) 爸母
Manila (Hokkien) 爸母
Chaozhou 父嬡, 爸母
Jieyang 父嬡
Singapore (Teochew) 爸母
Wu Shanghai 爺娘
Suzhou 爺娘
Danyang 娘啊老子, 爺娘 rare
Hangzhou 娘老子
Ningbo 爹娘
Wenzhou 奶阿伯, 阿伯奶
Xiang Changsha 爺娘
Shuangfeng 爺娘
Dialectal synonyms of 夫妻 (“husband and wife”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 夫妻, 夫婦, 伉儷
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 兩口子, 兩口兒, 公母倆
Taiwan 夫妻, 兩夫妻
Langfang 兩口子
Harbin 兩口子, 公母倆
Singapore 夫妻, 夫婦, 兩公婆
Jilu Mandarin Tangshan 兩口子
Cangzhou 兩口子
Baoding 兩口子
Shijiazhuang 兩口子
Jinan 兩口子, 兩口兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 老婆漢子, 漢子老婆倆兒, 兩口家, 兩口子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 夫婦, 夫妻倆, 兩口
Daming 兩口子
Wanrong 婆夫, 婆夫倆
Xi'an 兩口子
Xining 兩口兒, 兩口兒子
Xuzhou 公母倆兒, 公母倆
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 夫妻, 兩口子
Lanzhou 夫妻兩個
Ürümqi 夫妻, 夫妻倆兒, 夫妻兩個, 兩夫妻, 兩口子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 夫妻, 兩夫妻, 兩口子
Wuhan 夫妻, 夫妻伙裡, 兩口子
Guiyang 兩夫妻, 兩口子
Liuzhou 兩口子, 兩公婆
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 夫妻, 夫妻兩個
Yangzhou 夫妻, 夫妻兩個
Hefei 夫妻
Cantonese Guangzhou 兩公婆, 公婆
Hong Kong 兩公婆, 夫妻, 兩夫妻, 夫婦, 兩夫婦
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 兩公婆
Macau 兩公婆
Guangzhou (Panyu) 兩公婆
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 兩公婆
Guangzhou (Conghua) 兩公婆
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 兩公婆
Foshan 兩公婆
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 兩公婆
Foshan (Shunde) 兩公婆
Foshan (Sanshui) 兩公婆
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 兩公婆
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 兩公婆
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 兩公婆
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 兩公婆
Zhuhai (Doumen) 兩公婆
Jiangmen (Baisha) 兩公婆
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 兩公婆
Taishan 兩公婆
Kaiping (Chikan) 兩公婆
Enping (Niujiang) 兩公婆
Heshan (Yayao) 兩公婆
Dongguan 兩公婆, 夫妻
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 兩公婆
Yangjiang 兩公婆, 公婆
Singapore (Guangfu) 兩公婆
Gan Nanchang 兩媽老子, 兩公婆, 夫妻
Lichuan 兩公婆兒, 兩公婆
Pingxiang 兩公婆
Hakka Meixian 兩公婆, 兩老貨, 公婆
Xingning 兩公婆
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 兩公婆
Huidong (Daling) 兩公婆
Dongguan (Qingxi) 兩公婆
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 兩公婆
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 兩公婆
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 兩公婆
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 兩公婆
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 兩公婆
Changting 兩公婆
Wuping 兩公婆
Wuping (Pingyu) 兩公婆
Liancheng 兩公婆
Yudu 公婆, 公婆兩
Ruijin 兩公婆, 兩老子
Shicheng 兩公婆
Shangyou (Shexi) 兩公婆
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 兩公姐, 公婆, 兩老
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 兩公姐, 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 兩公姐, 公姐, 兩老
Huizhou Jixi 夫妻, 老官老嫗
Jin Taiyuan 夫妻, 兩口子, 夫婦倆個
Xinzhou 婆姨漢子, 老婆漢子, 婆姨漢子兩個, 老婆漢子兩個
Zhangjiakou 兩口子
Handan 兩口子
Northern Min Jian'ou 兩老, 兩老媽
Eastern Min Fuzhou 老公媽, 老公媽兩隻
Matsu 老公媽
Southern Min Xiamen 翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
Quanzhou 翁某, 翁仔某
Jinjiang 翁某仔
Anxi 翁某
Zhangzhou 翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
Taipei 翁仔某
New Taipei (Sanxia) 翁仔某
Kaohsiung 翁仔某
Yilan 翁仔某
Changhua (Lukang) 翁某
Taichung 翁仔某
Tainan 翁仔某
Hsinchu 翁仔某
Kinmen 翁仔某
Penghu (Magong) 翁仔某
Penang (Hokkien) 翁某
Singapore (Hokkien) 翁某
Manila (Hokkien) 翁某仔
Chaozhou 翁姐, 兩公婆
Leizhou 翁婆, 兩翁婆, 公婆, 兩公婆
Haikou 爹姩, 兩爹姩, 爹姩兩儂
Puxian Min Putian 老公媽, 翁某
Xianyou 老公媽, 翁某
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 兩公婆
Wu Shanghai 夫妻, 夫妻兩家頭, 夫妻兩個
Shanghai (Chongming) 夫妻, 夫妾, 夫妻兩, 夫妾兩
Suzhou 夫妻, 兩夫妻, 夫妻兩家頭
Danyang 婆老兩個
Hangzhou 夫妻
Ningbo 夫妻, 兩老頭, 兩公婆, 兩夫妻
Wenzhou 兩夫妻, 兩老, 兩老兒
Jinhua 公婆兩兒, 公婆兩個, 夫妻
Xiang Changsha 兩公婆, 兩夫婦, 兩夫妻
Loudi 夫妻
Shuangfeng 兩公婆, 兩夫婦
Hengyang 兩公婆
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