老公
Chinese
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老公) | 老 | 公 | |
| simp. #(老公) | 老 | 公 | |
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): lau3 gung
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): sē-é̤ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): lâu→lâ-gŭng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lao5 gorng1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-kong
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6lau-kon1
- Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): lau3 geng1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lǎogōng
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎogong
- Wade–Giles: lao3-kung1
- Yale: lǎu-gūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laogong
- Palladius: лаогун (laogun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 gung1
- Yale: lóuh gūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 gung1
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 gung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lau2 guung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau⁵⁵ kɵŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-kûng
- Hakka Romanization System: loˋ gungˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: lo3 gung1
- Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ kuŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: loˊ gungˋ
- Sinological IPA: /lo²⁴⁻³³ kuŋ⁵³/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: lau3 gung1
- Sinological IPA: /lau³¹ kʊŋ⁴⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sē-é̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /se⁵⁵ œyŋ⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: lao5 gorng1 [Phonetic: lao5 orng1]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lāu-go̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau¹¹ (k-)ɒŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: lao5 gorng1 [Phonetic: lao5 orng1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau²¹ (k-)ɒŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-kong
- Tâi-lô: lāu-kong
- Phofsit Daibuun: lauxkofng
- IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- Xiang
Noun
老公
- (colloquial) husband
- (literary) elderly person
- (archaic) father
- (humorous) the public
- (Internet slang, ACG, neologism) husbando
Synonyms
- (husband):
Dialectal synonyms of 丈夫 (“husband”) [map]
Coordinate terms
- 老婆 (lǎopo, “wife, waifu”)
Derived terms
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lǎogong
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄍㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎogo̊ng
- Wade–Giles: lao3-kung5
- Yale: lǎu-gung
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.gong
- Palladius: лаогун (laogun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ g̊ʊŋ⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 gung1
- Yale: lóuh gūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 gung1
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 gung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
老公
- (colloquial, archaic) eunuch
Synonyms
- 公公 (gōnggong)
Pronunciation 3
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): lao6 gong1
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: lao6 gong1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lău kong
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau³⁵⁻¹¹ koŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
Noun
老公
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 曾祖父 (“great-grandfather (paternal grandfather's father)”) [map]
References
- “老公”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
- “老公”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “老公”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 345.