老頭

老頭

See also: 老头

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (老頭)		老	頭
simp. (老头)		老	头

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎotóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ tau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): lāu-thâu / lǎu-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎotóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotour
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (老頭兒／老头儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎotóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotourl
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰɤʊɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ tau⁴
    • Yale: lóuh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ teo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: lǎu-thâu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²² tʰaʊ²⁴/

Noun

老頭

1. (often disrespectful) old man; old fellow
2. (colloquial) husband
3. (colloquial, dialectal, including Wuhan, non-face-to-face) father

Synonyms

• 老頭子／老头子 (lǎotóuzi)

Dialectal synonyms of 爸爸 (“father (non-face-to-face)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		父, 爺
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		父親
Mandarin	Beijing	爸爸, 爸, 爹
	Taiwan	爸爸, 爸
	Harbin	爸爸, 爸, 爹
	Shenyang	爸爸
	Jinan	爸爸, 爹, 大 Hui, 大大 Hui
	Muping	爹, 爸爸
	Luoyang	爹, 爸爸
	Wanrong	爸, 爹
	Xi'an	爸, 達 Hui
	Xining	阿達, 達達, 爹
	Xuzhou	答答, 爸爸, 老頭兒, 老頭子
	Yinchuan	爹, 爸爸
	Lanzhou	爹, 爸爸, 老子, 老爹
	Ürümqi	爸爸, 先人, 老爹, 達, 達當子
	Wuhan	爸爸, 老子, 老頭, 爹 dated, 伯伯 dated, 點頭磕 dated, 父老二 dated, casual, 八叉 dated, slang
	Chengdu	爸爸, 爸, 老頭兒, 老把子, 老漢兒
	Guiyang	爸爸, 老爹, 老者, 老者者
	Liuzhou	老爹, 爹老, 爺老, 老頭子
	Kunming	爸爸
	Yangzhou	爸爸, 爹爹, 老子
	Nanjing	爹, 爸爸, 伯伯
	Hefei	伯伯
	Nantong	爸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老豆, 爸爸, 阿爸
	Hong Kong	老豆, 爸爸, 阿爸, 爹哋
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	阿爸, 爸
	Macau	老豆
	Panyu	老豆
	Huadu (Huashan)	老豆
	Conghua	老豆
	Zengcheng	老豆
	Foshan	老豆
	Nanhai (Shatou)	老豆
	Shunde	老豆
	Sanshui	老豆, 伯爺 dated
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	老豆
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	老子
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	老豆
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	老豆
	Doumen	老豆
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	老豆
	Xinhui	老豆
	Taishan	老豆
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老豆
	Enping (Niujiang)	老豆
	Heshan (Yayao)	老豆
	Dongguan	老豆, 阿爸, 老子, 爸爸 childish, 爹哋 childish, 爸B childish
	Bao'an (Shajing)	老豆
	Yangjiang	阿爹
	Nanning	爸, 老豆, 老嘢
Gan	Nanchang	爸爸, 老子, 爺老子
	Lichuan	爺, 家父
	Pingxiang	爺老子
Hakka	Meixian	阿爸, 爺仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	老豆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿爸
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	阿爸
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	爺子
	Conghua (Lütian)	父親
	Yudu	爺老
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿爸
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	阿爸
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	阿爸
	Dongshi (Dabu)	阿爸
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	阿爸
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	阿怙
Huizhou	Jixi	老子
Jin	Taiyuan	老子, 大大, 大, 爹
Min Bei	Jian'ou	爹
Min Dong	Fuzhou	郎爸
Min Nan	Xiamen	老爸, 娘爸 dated
	Quanzhou	老爸
	Zhangzhou	老爸, 娘爸 dated
	Taipei	老爸
	Kaohsiung	老爸
	Tainan	老爸, 俺爸
	Taichung	老爸, 爸爸
	Hsinchu	老爸, 阿爹, 爸爸
	Lukang	老爸
	Sanxia	老爸, 阿爸
	Yilan	老爸
	Kinmen	俺爹
	Magong	老爸
	Penang	老爸, 阿爸, 爸, 爸爸, 爹, 老的
	Philippines (Manila)	老爸
	Chaozhou	阿父
	Haikou	爸
	Leizhou	尼阿
Pinghua	Nanning	爸, 老子, 數字, 數老, 阿叔 dated
Wu	Shanghai	爸爸, 老爸, 爹爹 dated, 阿伯 dated
	Suzhou	爺
	Hangzhou	爹, 阿伯, 爸爸, 老子
	Wenzhou	阿爸, 阿伯
	Chongming	爺, 爺爺
	Danyang	爹爹, 爹, 爸爸
	Jinhua	爺
	Ningbo	爹, 阿爹, 阿伯, 爸爸, 老頭子
Xiang	Changsha	爺老倌, 爺老子, 爹爹, 爺爺, 爺
	Shuangfeng	爹爹
	Loudi	爹爹, 爺老倌, 爺老子, 爺, 老人家

Related terms

• 老豆

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ tau^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ tau^4-2
    • Yale: lóuh táu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ tau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ teo²
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

老頭

(Cantonese)

1. (non-face-to-face) elder in the family, especially dad
2. (non-face-to-face) boss
3. (humorous) departmental head