老西兒

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	west	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (老西兒)		老	西	兒
simp. (老西儿)		老	西	儿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎoxīr

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄦ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoxīr
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎosir
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-hsi¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: lǎu-syīr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshiel
  - Palladius: лаосир (laosir)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiə̯ɻ⁵⁵/

Noun

老西兒

(Beijing Mandarin, derogatory) person from Shanxi
- 1896, Baron Guido Vitale, editor, Chinese Folklore: Pekinese Rhymes, Peking: Pei-T’ang Press, page 49:
  
  妞兒要喝豆汁兒／還得找老西兒 [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
  妞儿要喝豆汁儿／还得找老西儿 [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]
  niūr yào hē dòuzhīr / hái děi zhǎo lǎoxīr [Pinyin]
  Young lady, if you want to drink bean decoction — then we must go to the old Shan-hsi man’s

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 山西人 (“person from Shanxi”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		山西人
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老西兒
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	老西子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	山爪子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	找脖子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	山西人