告老

告老

Chinese

		to tell; to inform; to say	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
simp. and trad. (告老)		告	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàolǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ lou⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): kò͘-nó͘ / kò-ló / kò-nó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gàolǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawlao
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou³ lou⁵
    • Yale: gou lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou³ lou⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ lou̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-nó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kòo-nóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kornor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-ló
    • Tâi-lô: kò-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koirloir
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ lɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ lo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-nó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kò-nóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koirnor
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ nɔ̃⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ nɔ̃⁵³/

Verb

告老

1. to retire on account of age