月下老人

Chinese

		in the moonlight	old person; the elderly; elder
simp. and trad. (月下老人)		月下	老人

Etymology

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yuèxià Lǎorén

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ haa⁶ lou⁵ jan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): Goa̍t-hā-nó͘-jîn / Goa̍t-hā-nó͘-lîn / Goa̍t-hā-ló-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Yuèxià Lǎorén
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuehshiah Laoren
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯a̠⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyut⁶ haa⁶ lou⁵ jan⁴
  - Yale: yuht hah lóuh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ haa⁶ lou⁵ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ ha⁶ lou⁵ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² hɑː²² lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Goa̍t-hā-nó͘-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: Gua̍t-hā-nóo-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goadhaxnofjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /guat̚⁴⁻³² ha³³⁻²¹ nɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑin²³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Goa̍t-hā-nó͘-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: Gua̍t-hā-nóo-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goadhaxnofliin
  - IPA (Taipei): /guat̚⁴⁻³² ha³³⁻¹¹ nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Goa̍t-hā-ló-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: Gua̍t-hā-ló-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goadhaxloyjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /guat̚⁴⁻³² ha³³⁻²¹ lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑin²³/

Proper noun

月下老人

(Taoism, mythology) Yue Lao; god of marriage

Noun

月下老人

(figuratively) matchmaker; go-between

Synonyms

月老 (yuèlǎo)

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