老緣
Chinese
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老緣) | 老 | 緣 | |
| simp. (老缘) | 老 | 缘 | |
Pronunciation
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-yèn
- Hakka Romanization System: loˋ ienˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: lo3 yan2
- Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-yàn
- Hakka Romanization System: loˋ (r)ianˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: lo3 yan2
- Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: lau3 yan2
- Sinological IPA: /lau³¹ ian¹¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
Noun
老緣
- (Taiwanese Hakka) predestined relationship achieved at old age (such as friends despite the difference in age)
- (Taiwanese Hakka, derogatory) one's past love
- (Meixian Hakka) paramour; male lover; illicit lover of a married woman
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 情夫 (“extramarital male lover of a married woman”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 情夫, 姘夫 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 拐漢子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 孤老 |
| Wanrong | 後男人 | |
| Xuzhou | 拐男人 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 賊漢子, 野漢子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 孤老, 孤老搭子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 契家佬 |
| Hong Kong | 情夫, 契家佬 | |
| Dongguan | 契家佬 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 野老公 |
| Lichuan | 野老公 | |
| Pingxiang | 野老公 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 契哥, 老緣 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 野漢, 野漢子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 契兄 |
| Quanzhou | 契兄 | |
| Zhangzhou | 契兄 | |
| Taipei | 契兄 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 契兄 | |
| Kaohsiung | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Yilan | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 契兄 | |
| Taichung | 契兄 | |
| Tainan | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Hsinchu | 契兄 | |
| Kinmen | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 契兄 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 契兄 | |
| Leizhou | 契兄 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老契公 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 漢郎頭 |
| Danyang | 孤老, 孤老野漢 | |
| Ningbo | 野老公 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 野老倌, 野老公 |
| Loudi | 野男人 | |
| Hengyang | 野老公 | |