唐老鴨

Chinese

		Donald	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	duck
trad. (唐老鴨)		唐	老	鴨
simp. (唐老鸭)		唐	老	鸭
Literally: “Don the old duck”.

Etymology

Partial calque of English Donald Duck.

The second syllable 老 (“old”) may have been added in analogy to 米老鼠 (Mǐlǎoshǔ, “Mickey Mouse”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tánglǎoyā

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tong⁴ lou⁵ aap^3-2
Min Nan (POJ): Tông-lāu-ah

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Tánglǎoyā
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tangrlaoia
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tong⁴ lou⁵ aap^3-2
  - Yale: tòhng lóuh áap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴ lou⁵ aap^8-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴ lou⁵ ab²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ lou̯¹³ ɑːp̚³⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tông-lāu-ah
  - Tâi-lô: Tông-lāu-ah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: donglauxaq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² laʊ²²⁻²¹ aʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² laʊ⁴¹⁻²² aʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² laʊ²²⁻²¹ aʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ laʊ³³⁻¹¹ aʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ laʊ³³⁻²¹ aʔ³²/

Proper noun

唐老鴨

Donald Duck (Disney character)

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