老人家

Chinese

		old person; the old; the elderly old person; the old; the elderly; elder	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (老人家)		老人	家
simp. #(老人家)		老人	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎorenjia, lǎorénjia

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄖㄣ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ, ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): lau³ nyin ga
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-ngìn-kâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lǎu-lâng-ke / lāu-lâng-ke / lāu-lâng-kee / ló-jîn-ka / ló-lîn-ka

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lao² nang⁵ gê¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lau-gnin-ka

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎorenjia
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄖㄣ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎore̊njiå
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-jên⁵-chia⁵
    • Yale: lǎu-ren-jya
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.ren.jia
    • Palladius: лаожэньцзя (laožɛnʹczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʐən⁴ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎorénjia
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎorénjiå
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-jên²-chia⁵
    • Yale: lǎu-rén-jya
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoren.jia
    • Palladius: лаожэньцзя (laožɛnʹczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹
    • Yale: lóuh yàhn gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yen⁴ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹ kaː⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lau³ nyin ga
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau²¹³⁻²¹ n̠ʲin¹ ka²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-ngìn-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo` nginˇ ga´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ ngin² ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ ŋin¹¹ ka²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-lâng-ke
    • Tâi-lô: lǎu-lâng-ke
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² laŋ²⁴⁻²² ke³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-lâng-ke
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-lâng-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxlangkef
    • IPA (Singapore): /lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-lâng-kee
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-lâng-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-jîn-ka
    • Tâi-lô: ló-jîn-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loyjinkaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³⁻³³ ka⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-lîn-ka
    • Tâi-lô: ló-lîn-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loylinkaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lao² nang⁵ gê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: láu nâng ke
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau⁵²⁻³⁵ naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-gnin-ka
    • MiniDict: lau^去 nyin ka
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-nyin-ka
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² n̠ʲin⁵⁵ ka²¹/

Noun

老人家

1. (polite, term of address) venerable old person; elderly man or woman
2. (polite, non-face-to-face term of address) parents (of the speaker or another person)

Synonyms

• (elderly man or woman):

• 家先生 (Hakka, polite, term of address)
• 老人 (lǎorén)
• 老大人 (Hokkien, polite, term of address)
• 老年人 (lǎoniánrén)
• 老者 (lǎozhě) (literary)
• 黃髮／黄发 (huángfà) (literary)

 

• (parents): 父母 (fùmǔ)