父老

Chinese

		father	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (父老)		父	老
simp. #(父老)		父	老
anagram		老父

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ lou⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu-ló
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hū-ló / hǔ-nó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-lao³
    • Yale: fù-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhlao
    • Palladius: фулао (fulao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁶ lou⁵
    • Yale: fuh lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² lou̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu-ló
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu lo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu⁴ lo³
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵ lo³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū-ló
    • Tâi-lô: hū-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huxloir
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu³³⁻¹¹ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hu²²⁻²¹ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu³³⁻²¹ lɤ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǔ-nó͘
    • Tâi-lô: hǔ-nóo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu²² nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

父老

1. (honorific) elder (of a country or district)

Derived terms

• 江東父老／江东父老
• 無顏見江東父老／无颜见江东父老 (wúyán jiàn jiāngdōng fùlǎo)
• 父老鄉親／父老乡亲
• 鄉親父老／乡亲父老