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		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	elder brother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

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• 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

1. 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)