老佛爺
See also: 老佛爷
Chinese
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
Buddha | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老佛爺) | 老 | 佛爺 | |
| simp. (老佛爷) | 老 | 佛爷 | |
| Literally: “Venerable Lord Buddha”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lǎofóyé → lǎofóye (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ → ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎofóye̊
- Wade–Giles: lao3-fo2-yeh5
- Yale: lǎu-fwó-ye
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laofor.ye
- Palladius: лаофое (laofoje)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/ → /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 fat6 je4
- Yale: lóuh faht yèh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 fat9 je4
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 fed6 yé4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Etymology 1
Noun
老佛爺
- (archaic) A term of address and title for an empress dowager, queen dowager, empress mother, queen mother, or the like.
- (Buddhism, informal) Buddha
Proper noun
老佛爺
- (late Qing) A title of respect for Empress Dowager Cixi.
Etymology 2
Phono-semantic matching of French Lafayette.
Proper noun
老佛爺
- (usually used in compounds) Lafayette; La Fayette
- 老佛爺大街／老佛爷大街 ― Lǎofóyé Dàjiē ― Rue La Fayette
- 老佛爺百货／老佛爷百货 ― Lǎofóyé Bǎihuò ― Galeries Lafayette
Synonyms
- 拉法葉／拉法叶