老太婆

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	paternal grandmother; great-grandmother
trad. (老太婆)		老	太婆
simp. ^#(老太婆)		老	太婆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎotàipó

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ taai³ po⁴ / lou⁵ taai³ po^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lǎu-thài-pô / lāu-thài-pô
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶lau-tha₅-bu₆ / ⁶lau-tha₅-bu₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎotàipó
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎotàipó
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-tʻai⁴-pʻo²
  - Yale: lǎu-tài-pwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotaypor
  - Palladius: лаотайпо (laotajpo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ taai³ po⁴ / lou⁵ taai³ po^4-2
  - Yale: lóuh taai pòh / lóuh taai pó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ taai³ po⁴ / lou⁵ taai³ po^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ tai³ po⁴ / lou⁵ tai³ po^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tʰaːi̯³³ pʰɔː²¹/, /lou̯¹³ tʰaːi̯³³ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-thài-pô
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-thài-pô
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ po²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-thài-pô
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-thài-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxtae'pooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ po¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ po²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lau-tha₅-bu₆
  - MiniDict: lau^去 tha^去 bu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-tha₂-bu₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² tʰa⁵⁵ bu²¹/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lau-tha₅-bu₂
  - MiniDict: lau^去 tha^去 bu^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /læ²³ tʰɑ¹¹ bu/

Noun

老太婆

(often pejorative) old woman; old bag
你看她，大家都叫她「愚蠢的老太婆」。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Nǐ kàn tā, dàjiā dōu jiào tā “yúchǔn de lǎotàipó”. [Pinyin]
Look at her; everyone calls her "stupid old hag".

Synonyms

(literary) 老媼／老媪 (lǎo'ǎo)
(Jin) 老屄婆子
(Longyan Hokkien) 老媽／老妈
(Northern Min) 老阿娘
(Hokkien) 婆仔
(Wu) 阿奶