老舉

老舉

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	to lift; to hold up; to cite to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect
trad. (老舉)		老	舉
simp. (老举)		老	举
alternative forms		老妓

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “舉 is from 妓?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎojǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄩˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): lou⁵ geoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lau² gui²

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lau³ gi³
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): lao⁶ ge²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎojǔ [Phonetic: láojǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎojyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-chü³
    • Yale: lǎu-jyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laojeu
    • Palladius: лаоцзюй (laoczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ geoi²
    • Yale: lóuh géui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ goey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ gêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ kɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lau² gui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau⁵⁵ kui⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lau³ gi³
    • Sinological IPA: /lau³¹ ci³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lao⁶ ge²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lău kṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau³⁵⁻¹¹ kɯ⁵²/

Noun

老舉

1. (chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, dated) female prostitute

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 妓女 (“female prostitute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		娼妓, 妓女, 娼婦
Mandarin	Beijing	妓女, 婊子, 姑娘兒, 窯姐兒, 野花兒
	Taiwan	妓女, 婊子
	Harbin	婊子, 窯子娘們兒, 窯姐兒, 兔兒, 兔子
	Yantai (Muping)	婊子, 賣窯子的
	Jinan	窯姐
	Xi'an	窯子
	Yinchuan	婊子, 娼婦
	Lanzhou	婊子, 窯子
	Xining	馬班子
	Ürümqi	婊子
	Wuhan	婊子, 妖姑, 賣貨, 片
	Chengdu	梭爺子, 婊子婆娘, 婊子, 梭梭, 雞, 貓兒, 野雞, 捨物, 粉臉子 dated
	Guiyang	婊子, 娼妓
	Kunming	爛使, 皮旦
	Liuzhou	老舉婆, 老舉, 婊子婆
	Yangzhou	婊子, 姑娘
	Nanjing	婊子
	Malaysia	雞
	Singapore	妓女, 雞
	Dagudi (Maliba)	賣屄人
	Reshuitang (Longling)	賣屄人
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	妓女, 賣屄婆
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	賣屄人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老舉, 野雞, 雞
	Hong Kong	妓女, 雞, 老舉, 啄地, 鳳, 鳳姐, 女女
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	老舉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	老舉
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	老舉
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	老舉
	Macau	老舉, 雞
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	老舉
	Foshan	老舉
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	老舉
	Foshan (Shunde)	老舉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	老舉
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	老舉
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	老舉
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	老舉
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	老舉
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	老舉, 雞
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	老舉, 雞
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	老舉, 雞
	Taishan	老舉, 妓女, 雞
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老舉, 雞
	Enping (Niujiang)	老舉, 雞
	Heshan (Yayao)	老舉
	Dongguan	老舉, 妓女, 雞
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	老舉
	Xinyi	老舉
	Nanning	老妓
	Beihai	老舉
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	老舉, 雞婆
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	老舉
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	雞婆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	妓女, 老舉, 雞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雞
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	老舉
	Móng Cái	老舉
	Yangon (Taishan)	妓女, 老舉, 雞
	Mandalay (Taishan)	女妓
Gan	Nanchang	姑娘, 婊子
	Lichuan	婊子
	Pingxiang	婊子
Hakka	Meixian	婊仔, 火屎, 當賺個, 老舉嫲, 老舉
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	老舉
	Huiyang	老舉
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老舉嫲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老舉嫲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	老舉
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	老舉嫲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	雞婆, 老舉嫲, 老舉
	Wuhua (Changbu)	老舉嫲
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	雞婆, 老舉嫲
	Conghua (Lütian)	老舉
	Yudu	婊姊, 姑娘, 婊子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	賺食嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	賺食嫲, 菜店嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	賺食嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	賺食嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	賺食嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	趁食夫娘人, 趁食妹子
	Hong Kong	老舉嫲
	Senai (Huiyang)	老舉, 雞
Huizhou	Jixi	婊子, 賣屄貨
Jin	Taiyuan	婊子, 窯子裡的
	Xinzhou	婊子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	妓嫲
	Jianyang	妓嫲
	Wuyishan	婊子
Min Dong	Fuzhou	白面, 白面哥
	Changle	白面哥
	Fuqing	婊
	Yongtai	白面
	Gutian	做婊子
	Fu'an	白面
	Ningde	白面
	Shouning	婊囝
	Zhouning	婊囝
	Fuding	花娘
	Matsu	白面
Min Nan	Xiamen	婊仔, 娼婊, 水貨, 雞, 趁食查某, 土婊, 間仔查某
	Quanzhou	婊仔, 片仔, 水貨, 雞, 土婊
	Zhangzhou	婊仔, 查某孫, 雞, 雞仔, 土婊, 土婊仔, 間仔查某, 間底查某
	Taipei	趁食查某, 菜店查某
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	趁食查某
	Kaohsiung	菜店查某, 趁食查某
	Yilan	菜店查某, 趁食查某
	Changhua (Lukang)	趁食查某
	Taichung	趁食查某
	Taichung (Wuqi)	趁食查某
	Tainan	豆菜底的, 菜店查某, 趁食查某, 貓仔, 咧趁的, 媌仔, 妓女
	Taitung	趁食查某
	Hsinchu	趁食查某
	Kinmen	趁食查某, 相楗的
	Penghu (Magong)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 菜店彪, 妓女
	Penang (Hokkien)	歹查某, 雞
	Singapore (Hokkien)	婊仔, 樂洞, 雞
	Manila (Hokkien)	婊, 婊仔, 摃婆, 漚摃, 歹查某, 姣查某, 漚查某, 姣婊
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	老妓
	Shantou	花娘, 騷婆, 妓女
	Jieyang	雞, 騷, 騷婆, 查某
	Bangkok (Teochew)	妓女, 雞
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	老衍
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	妓女
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	妓女
	Leizhou	娘
	Haikou	娘囝, 娘
Puxian Min	Putian	貨𨈘
	Xianyou	貨𨈘
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	老舉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老妓婆, 婊子婆
Wu	Shanghai	婊子, 妓女
	Shanghai (Chongming)	婊子
	Suzhou	婊子, 妓女
	Danyang	婊子
	Hangzhou	婊子, 妓女
	Ningbo	花佬, 婊子
	Wenzhou	大毛, 嬉老, 花兒
	Jinhua	賣胖貨, 賣胖個, 婊子, 婊子貨
Xiang	Changsha	妓女, 婊子, 婊子婆
	Loudi	婊子, 娼婦
	Quanzhou	妓女

Derived terms

老舉乸／老举乸 老舉埋年／老举埋年 老舉婆／老举婆

老舉嫲／老举嫲 老舉寨／老举寨

Descendants

• → Zhuang: lauxgawj