老共

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	all together; in while; to share all together; in while; to share; common; general; together; total
trad. (老共)		老	共
simp. ^#(老共)		老	共

Etymology 1

Short for 老撾共產黨／老挝共产党 (Lǎowō gòngchǎndǎng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lǎogòng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Lǎogòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Lǎogòng
  - Wade–Giles: Lao³-kung⁴
  - Yale: Lǎu-gùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Laogonq
  - Palladius: Лаогун (Laogun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵¹/

Proper noun

老共

(Mainland China, informal) Communist Party of Laos, formally the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

Coordinate terms

越共 (Yuègòng)
柬共 (Jiǎngòng)

Etymology 2

Compare 老美 (lǎoměi), 老毛子 (lǎomáozi) or 老東西 / 老东西 (lǎodōngxi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎogòng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎogòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎogòng
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-kung⁴
  - Yale: lǎu-gùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laogonq
  - Palladius: лаогун (laogun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵¹/

Noun

老共

(chiefly Taiwan, somewhat derogatory) communist party, especially the Communist Party of China

See also

土共 (tǔgòng)