老太太

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	Mrs
trad. (老太太)		老	太太
simp. ^#(老太太)		老	太太

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎotàitai

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ˙ㄊㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ taai³ taai^3-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-thài-thài / lǎu-thài-thài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎotàitai
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ˙ㄊㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎotàitåi
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-tʻai⁴-tʻai⁵
  - Yale: lǎu-tài-tai
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotay.tai
  - Palladius: лаотайтай (laotajtaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ taai³ taai^3-2
  - Yale: lóuh taai táai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ taai³ taai^3-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ tai³ tai^3-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tʰaːi̯³³ tʰaːi̯³³⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-thài-thài
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-thài-thài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxtae'taix
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰai¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tʰai²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-thài-thài
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-thài-thài
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰai⁴¹/

Noun

老太太

(honorific) old lady; respectable madam
(honorific) one's own mother
(honorific) someone else's mother
(dialectal) great-grandmother

Synonyms

(old lady): (Hakka) 老伯姆

Dialectal synonyms of 曾祖母 (“great-grandmother (paternal grandfather's mother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		曾祖母
Mandarin	Beijing	老祖兒, 女老祖兒, 老祖奶奶, 老太太 Hui, 太太 suburbs, 曾祖母 non-face-to-face
	Taiwan	曾祖母
	Tianjin	老太太, 太奶, 曾祖母 non-face-to-face
	Harbin	太奶
	Yantai (Muping)	老太, 老太婆
	Jinan	老奶奶
	Wanrong	老娘
	Xi'an	太
	Yinchuan	太奶奶
	Lanzhou	太太
	Xining	太太
	Ürümqi	太太
	Wuhan	老太, 老奶奶
	Chengdu	祖祖
	Guiyang	老祖祖, 老祖, 祖祖
	Kunming	太太
	Liuzhou	太婆
	Xuzhou	老太太
	Nanjing	太奶奶
	Nantong	太太, 太婆, 女太太
Cantonese	Guangzhou	太嫲, 太婆
	Hong Kong	太嫲, 太婆
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	太婆
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	阿太
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	太婆
	Taishan	阿白
	Yangjiang	太婆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	太婆
Gan	Nanchang	太婆
	Lichuan	太婆
	Pingxiang	老婆婆
Hakka	Meixian	阿太, 婆太
	Xingning	婆白
	Huidong (Daling)	阿婆太
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	太婆
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	太婆
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	太婆
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	老太婆
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	阿白
	Wengyuan	太婆
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	婆太
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	婆太
	Liannan	阿太
	Jiexi	阿太
	Luhe	婆太
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	太婆
	Changting	太婆, 婆太
	Wuping	太太
	Wuping (Yanqian)	太太
	Wuping (Pingyu)	婆太
	Liancheng	婆太
	Ninghua	婆太
	Yudu	太婆
	Ningdu	太婆
	Ruijin	婦娘太
	Shicheng	婆太
	Shangyou (Shexi)	太婆
	Tonggu (Sandu)	婆太
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	太婆
	Dayu	太婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	婆太, 阿太
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	婆太, 阿太
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	婆太
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿太, 細妹太, 婆太, 阿婆太
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	婆太, 阿太
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿太, 婆太
	Hong Kong	婆太, 阿太
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	太婆
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	阿太
	Xinyi (Sihe)	太婆
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	太婆
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	祖婆
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	祖婆, 太婆
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	婆祖
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	婆祖
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	婆佬
	Mengshan (Xihe)	婆太
	Luchuan	婆太
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿婆太
	Senai (Huiyang)	婆太
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	太媽
	Singkawang	婆太
Huizhou	Jixi	太婦
	Shexian	太奶
	Tunxi	太婆, 老太太
Jin	Taiyuan	老奶
Jin	Xinzhou	老娘娘啊 face-to-face, 老娘娘 non-face-to-face
Northern Min	Jian'ou	太婆
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	大媽
	Songxi	大媽
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	大婆
	Jianyang	大媽
	Pucheng (Shibei)	大婆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	大媽
Southern Min	Xiamen	阿祖 face-to-face, 俺祖 face-to-face, 太媽 non-face-to-face, 祖媽
	Quanzhou	太媽, 阿太, 祖媽
	Zhangzhou	阿祖 face-to-face, 老祖仔 non-face-to-face, 祖媽
	Taipei	查某祖
	Kaohsiung	阿祖
	Yilan	查某祖
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿祖媽
	Taichung	祖太
	Taichung (Wuqi)	查某祖
	Tainan	阿祖
	Taitung	查某祖
	Hsinchu	查某祖
	Penghu (Magong)	查某祖
	Penang (Hokkien)	老婆, 祖媽
	Manila (Hokkien)	太媽, 阿太
	Chaozhou	老媽
	Shantou	老媽
	Shantou (Chenghai)	老媽
	Jieyang	老媽
	Haifeng	老, 老老, 老媽
	Bangkok (Teochew)	老媽
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	老媽
	Leizhou	尼祖, 祖 face-to-face
	Wenchang	老祖, 阿祖
	Haikou	祖婆, 婆祖, 婆祖媽
Puxian Min	Putian	大媽
Puxian Min	Xianyou	大媽
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	太婆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	太奶, 祖婆
Wu	Shanghai	太婆, 太太, 女太太, 曾祖母 non-face-to-face
	Shanghai (Chongming)	太婆, 太太 face-to-face
	Suzhou	太太
	Danyang	太嫚嫚, 太婆
	Hangzhou	阿太, 太娘娘, 太婆
	Ningbo	太婆, 阿太
	Wenzhou	女老太, 女太, 阿太, 老太 non-face-to-face
	Jinhua	太太, 太婆
Xiang	Changsha	曾祖母
	Xiangtan	老毑
	Loudi	太婆

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