老太婆

老太婆

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	paternal grandmother; great-grandmother
simp. and trad. (老太婆)		老	太婆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎotàipó

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ taai³ po⁴, lou⁵ taai³ po^4-2
• Min Nan (POJ): lǎu-thài-pô / lāu-thài-pô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎotàipó
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotaypor
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ taai³ po⁴, lou⁵ taai³ po^4-2
    • Yale: lóuh taai pòh, lóuh taai pó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ taai³ po⁴, lou⁵ taai³ po^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ tai³ po⁴, lou⁵ tai³ po²
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tʰaːi̯³³ pʰɔː²¹/, /lou̯¹³ tʰaːi̯³³ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-thài-pô
    • Tâi-lô: lǎu-thài-pô
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²² tʰaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ po²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-thài-pô
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-thài-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxtae'pooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ po²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ po¹³/

Noun

老太婆

1. (often pejorative) old woman; old bag

   你看她，大家都叫她「愚蠢的老太婆」。 [MSC, trad.]
   你看她，大家都叫她“愚蠢的老太婆”。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ kàn tā, dàjiā dōu jiào tā “yúchǔn de lǎotàipó”. [Pinyin]

   Look at her; everyone calls her "stupid old hag".

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 婆仔