老早

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	early; morning
trad. (老早)		老	早
simp. ^#(老早)		老	早

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎozǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ zou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-chá
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lau-tsau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozǎo [Phonetic: láozǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎozǎo
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-tsao³
  - Yale: lǎu-dzǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotzao
  - Palladius: лаоцзао (laoczao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozǎor [Phonetic: láozǎor]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄠˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎozǎor
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-tsao³-ʼrh
  - Yale: lǎu-dzǎur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotzaol
  - Palladius: лаоцзаор (laoczaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡saʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ zou²
  - Yale: lóuh jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ zou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ t͡sou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-chá
  - Tâi-lô: láu-tsá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lawzar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sa⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lau-tsau
  - MiniDict: lau^去 tsau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-tsau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² t͡sɔ⁴⁴/

Adverb

老早

very early
long ago
搿隻故事講個是老早個事體。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
搿只故事讲个是老早个事体。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
⁸geq-tsaq ⁵ku-zy ⁵kaon-geq ⁵sy ⁶lau-tsau-geq ⁶zy-thi [Wugniu]
The story happened long ago.