老婦

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	woman
trad. (老婦)		老	婦
simp. (老妇)		老	妇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎofù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ fu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎofù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎofù
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-fu⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laofuh
    • Palladius: лаофу (laofu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ fu⁵
    • Yale: lóuh fúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ fu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ fu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ fuː¹³/

Noun

老婦

1. old woman

   • 老翁踰牆走，老婦出門看。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     老翁逾墙走，老妇出门看。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, Du Fu, 石壕吏

     Lǎowēng yúqiáng zǒu, lǎofù chūmén kàn. [Pinyin]

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