老人家

老人家

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎorenjia, lǎorénjia

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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-ngìn-kâ
• Min Nan (POJ): lǎu-lâng-ke / lāu-lâng-ke / lāu-lâng-kee / ló-jîn-ka / ló-lîn-ka

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎorenjia
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄖㄣ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.rhen.jia
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʐən⁴ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎorénjia
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoren.jia
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹
    • Yale: lóuh yàhn gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yen⁴ ga¹
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹ käː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-ngìn-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo` nginˇ ga´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ ngin² ga¹
    • IPA: /lo³¹ ɲin¹¹ ka²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-lâng-ke
    • Tâi-lô: lǎu-lâng-ke
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²² laŋ²⁴⁻²² ke³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-lâng-ke
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-lâng-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxlangkef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-lâng-kee
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-lâng-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-jîn-ka
    • Tâi-lô: ló-jîn-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loyjinkaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑin²³⁻³³ ka⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-lîn-ka
    • Tâi-lô: ló-lîn-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loylinkaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴/

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): (Min Nan) 老大人