老兄

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	elder brother
trad. (老兄)		老	兄
simp. ^#(老兄)		老	兄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎoxiōng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ hing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-hiaⁿ / láu-hiaⁿ / láu-heng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoxiōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎosyong
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-hsiung¹
  - Yale: lǎu-syūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshiong
  - Palladius: лаосюн (laosjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ hing¹
  - Yale: lóuh hīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ hing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ hing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ hɪŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-hiaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-hiann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxhviaf
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ hiã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ hiã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-hiaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: láu-hiann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: law'hviaf
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-heng
  - Tâi-lô: láu-hing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: law'hefng
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

老兄

brother; old chap (form of address between male friends)
- 老兄必將曰，「我只取兵技而習之，何曾敎人崇梁書？」 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
  From: 1908, letter by Kim Yeong'ik (金永益)
  Rohyeong pil jang wal, "A ji chwi byeonggi i seup ji, hajeung gyo in sung Ryang seo?" [Sino-Korean]
  Old friend, surely you will say, "I merely made them learn military skills; when did I ever teach people to venerate the books of Liang [Qichao]?"

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (老兄):

→ Japanese: 老兄(ろうけい) (rōkei)
→ Korean: 노형(老兄) (nohyeong), 로형(老兄) (rohyeong)

Others:

→ Cantonese: 撈鬆／捞松 (laau¹ sung¹)

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