老油條

See also: 老油条

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	youtiao; experienced and sophisticated person; crafty fellow
trad. (老油條)		老	油條
simp. (老油条)		老	油条
Literally: “old youtiao”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎoyóutiáo

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jau⁴ tiu^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-iû-tiâu
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶lau-yeu-diau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoyóutiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoyóutiáo
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-yu²-tʻiao²
  - Yale: lǎu-yóu-tyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoyoutyau
  - Palladius: лаоютяо (laojutjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ jau⁴ tiu^4-2
  - Yale: lóuh yàuh tíu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jau⁴ tiu^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yeo⁴ tiu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐu̯²¹ tʰiːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-iû-tiâu
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-iû-tiâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxiu'diaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ iu²⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² iu²⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ iu¹³⁻²² tiau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ iu²⁴⁻¹¹ tiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ iu²³⁻³³ tiau²³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶lau-yeu-diau
  - MiniDict: lau^去 yeu diau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-hhieu-diau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² ɦiɤ⁵⁵ diɔ²¹/

Noun

老油條

overfried youtiao
(figurative, colloquial) wily old fox; old campaigner; experienced person who is slick in dealing with things

Synonyms

(wily old fox): 老油子 (lǎoyóuzi), 老鳥／老鸟 (lǎoniǎo); (Cantonese) 老屎窟; (Hokkien) 老鳥噼／老鸟噼, 老宿鳥／老宿鸟

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