老天爺

See also: 老天爷

Chinese

		God; Heavens; God! God; Heavens; God!; Heavens!	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (老天爺)		老天	爺
simp. (老天爷)		老天	爷
anagram		天老爺／天老爷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎotiānyé

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ tin¹ je⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lǎu-thian-iâ / láu-thian-iâ / ló-thian-iâ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎotiānyé
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎotianyé
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-tʻien¹-yeh²
  - Yale: lǎu-tyān-yé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotianye
  - Palladius: лаотянье (laotjanʹje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ tin¹ je⁴
  - Yale: lóuh tīn yèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ tin¹ je⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ tin¹ yé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ jɛː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-thian-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-thian-iâ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² tʰiɛn³³ ia²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-thian-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: láu-thian-iâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: law'tien'iaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ia²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ia¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-thian-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: ló-thian-iâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loy'tien'iaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ia²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ia¹³/

Noun

老天爺

God; Heavens

Synonyms

老天 (lǎotiān)
天老爺／天老爷 (tiānlǎoye)
(Hokkien, Teochew) 天公 (tiāngōng), 天公祖, 天公伯仔

Interjection

老天爺

God!; Heavens!