老先生

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	one who was born earlier; mister; sir one who was born earlier; mister; sir; gentleman
trad. (老先生)		老	先生
simp. #(老先生)		老	先生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoxiānshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ sin¹ saang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoxiānshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎosiansheng
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-hsien¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: lǎu-syān-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshiansheng
    • Palladius: лаосяньшэн (laosjanʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ sin¹ saang¹
    • Yale: lóuh sīn sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ sin¹ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ xin¹ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

老先生

1. old gentleman; venerable sir

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 阿伯公