老母雞

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	hen; female chicken; to not know
trad. (老母雞/老母鷄)		老	母雞/母鷄
simp. (老母鸡)		老	母鸡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎomǔjī

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ mou⁵ gai¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶lau-m-ci

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎomǔjī [Phonetic: láomǔjī]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎomǔji
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-mu³-chi¹
  - Yale: lǎu-mǔ-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laomuuji
  - Palladius: лаомуцзи (laomuczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ mou⁵ gai¹
  - Yale: lóuh móuh gāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ mou⁵ gai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ mou⁵ gei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ mou̯¹³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶lau-m-ci
  - MiniDict: lau^去 m ci
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-mm-ji
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² m̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/

Noun

老母雞

(literally) old hen
(figurative) noisy and talkative person
(Cantonese, derogatory) old bitch; old bag (insult for a woman)
(Northern Wu) a chicken that has laid eggs for many years

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