老姑婆

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	husband's paternal aunt
trad. (老姑婆)		老	姑婆
simp. ^#(老姑婆)		老	姑婆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎogūpó

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄆㄛˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lou⁵ gu¹ po⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lau² gu¹ po³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ló-kû-phò

(Meixian, Guangdong): lau³ gu¹ po²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lāu-ko͘-pô / lǎu-ko͘-pô

(Teochew, Peng'im): lao² gou¹ bo⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎogūpó
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄆㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎogupó
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-ku¹-pʻo²
  - Yale: lǎu-gū-pwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laogupor
  - Palladius: лаогупо (laogupo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ gu¹ po⁴
  - Yale: lóuh gū pòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ gu¹ po⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ gu¹ po⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ kuː⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lau² gu¹ po³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau⁵⁵ ku³³ pʰᵘɔ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-kû-phò
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˋ gu^ˊ po^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ gu¹ po²
  - Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ ku²⁴ pʰo¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lau³ gu¹ po²
  - Sinological IPA: /lau³¹ ku⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pʰo¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Lukang, Magong, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-ko͘-pô
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-koo-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxko'pooi
  - IPA (Lukang): /lau³¹⁻²² kɔ³³ po²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
  - IPA (Yilan): /lau³³⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² po¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²³/
  - IPA (Tainan): /lau³³⁻¹¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /lau²²⁻¹² kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-ko͘-pô
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-koo-pô
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² kɔ³³ po²⁴/
  - IPA (Lukang): /lau³³⁻²² kɔ³³ po²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lao² gou¹ bo⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: láu kou pô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau⁵²⁻³⁵ kou³³⁻²³ po⁵⁵/

Noun

老姑婆

(derogatory, chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) spinster; old unmarried woman

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 老處女 (“spinster; old unmarried woman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		老處女, 老姑娘
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老姑娘, 家姑老
	Taiwan	老處女
	Chifeng	老姑娘
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	老姑娘
	Heihe	老姑娘
	Qiqihar	老姑娘, 家姑老
	Harbin	老姑娘, 老大姑娘
	Jiamusi	老姑娘, 老閨娘, 家姑老
	Baicheng	老姑娘, 家姑老
	Changchun	老姑娘, 老大姑娘
	Tonghua	老姑娘
	Shenyang	老姑娘, 老女兒
	Jinzhou	老姑娘, 家姑老
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	老姑娘, 大閨女
	Tangshan	老姑娘, 家姑兒老
	Cangzhou	老姑娘
	Baoding	老姑娘, 家姑兒老
	Shijiazhuang	老閨妮
	Lijin	老丫頭
	Jinan	老姑娘
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	老姑娘
	Dandong	老姑娘, 老女兒, 老閨女
	Yantai	老姑娘
	Qingdao	老大嫚兒
	Zhucheng	老姑娘
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	老閨女, 老姑娘
	Lingbao	老女兒
	Jining	老姑娘
	Wanrong	老女子
	Linfen	老女子
	Shangqiu	老姑娘
	Yuanyang	老姑娘, 老閨女
	Zhengzhou	老閨女
	Xinyang	老姑娘
	Baihe	老姑娘, 老女兒
	Xi'an	老姑娘, 老處女
	Baoji	老姑娘
	Tianshui	老姑娘
	Xining	老丫頭, 老姑娘
	Xuzhou	老姑娘, 家姑老, 老閨女, 老大閨女
	Fuyang	老姑娘
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	老姑娘, 老丫頭
	Lanzhou	老姑娘, 老女子
	Dunhuang	老姑娘, 老丫頭
	Hami	老姑娘
	Ürümqi	老丫頭, 老姑娘
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	老姑娘兒, 老女子
	Nanchong	老姑娘, 老女子
	Dazhou	老姑娘
	Hanyuan	老姑娘
	Xichang	老女兒
	Zigong	老姑娘兒
	Chongqing	老姑娘, 老女兒
	Wuhan	老姑娘
	Yichang	老姑娘
	Xiangyang	老姑娘
	Tianmen	老姑娘
	Guiyang	老姑娘, 老處女
	Zunyi	老姑娘
	Bijie	老姑娘
	Liping	老姑娘
	Zhaotong	老姑娘
	Dali	老姑娘
	Kunming	老姑娘, 老處女
	Mengzi	老姑娘
	Guilin	老姑娘
	Liuzhou	老女, 老姑娘
	Jishou	大姑娘家兒, 老姑娘家兒
	Changde	老姐姐
	Hanzhong	老姑娘, 老女兒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	老姑娘
	Yangzhou	老姑娘
	Lianyungang	老大閨女
	Lianshui	老姑娘
	Nantong	老姑娘
	Anqing	老姑娘
	Wuhu	老姑娘
	Hefei	老姑娘
	Hong'an	老姑娘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老姑婆
	Hong Kong	老姑婆
	Taishan	老姑婆
	Dongguan	老姑婆
	Yangjiang	老姑婆
Gan	Nanchang	老姑子, 老閨女
	Lichuan	老姑娘
	Pingxiang	老女
Hakka	Meixian	老姑娘, 老姑婆
	Yudu	老紅花女
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老姑婆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老姑婆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老姑婆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老姑婆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老姑婆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	老姑婆
Huizhou	Jixi	老姑娘
Huizhou	Shexian	老姑娘
Jin	Taiyuan	老閨女, 老姑娘
	Yangyuan	老姑娘
	Datong	老姑娘
	Xinzhou	老閨女
	Lüliang (Lishi)	老女子
	Changzhi	老閨女
	Linhe	大女子
	Jining	老女兒
	Hohhot	老姑娘
	Erenhot	老姑娘
	Pingshan	老女兒, 家姑兒老
	Zhangjiakou	老姑娘
	Handan	老姑娘, 老女兒
	Linzhou	大閨女
	Suide	老女子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	公眾姑嫲婆, 老姑嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	矺厝脊
Southern Min	Xiamen	老姑婆, 姑婆
	Quanzhou	老姑婆, 姑婆
	Zhangzhou	老姑婆, 姑婆
	Taipei	老姑婆
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	老姑婆
	Kaohsiung	老姑婆
	Yilan	老姑婆
	Changhua (Lukang)	老姑婆
	Taichung	老姑婆
	Tainan	老姑婆
	Hsinchu	老姑婆
	Kinmen	老姑婆
	Penghu (Magong)	老姑婆
	Chaozhou	老姑婆
	Jieyang	老姑婆
	Leizhou	老姑婆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老大姐
Wu	Shanghai	老姑娘, 老小姐
	Shanghai (Chongming)	老姑娘
	Suzhou	老大小姐, 老小姐, 老姑娘
	Danyang	老姑娘
	Hangzhou	老姑娘兒
	Ningbo	老大姑娘, 老大小姐
	Wenzhou	老院主
	Jinhua	老姑娘
Xiang	Changsha	老姑娘
	Loudi	老嫚姎
	Shuangfeng	老黃花女