月老

Chinese

		moon; month	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
simp. and trad. (月老)		月	老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuèlǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ lou⁵
Min Nan (POJ): goa̍t-ló

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuèlǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehlao
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuèlǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄠˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehlaol
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹ laʊɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyut⁶ lou⁵
  - Yale: yuht lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ lou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² lou̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goa̍t-ló
  - Tâi-lô: gua̍t-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goadloir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /guat̚⁴⁻³² lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /guat̚²⁴⁻²² lo⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /guat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /guat̚⁴⁻³² lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /guat̚⁴⁻³² lɤ⁴¹/

Noun

月老

Short for 月下老人 (Yuèxià Lǎorén, “matchmaker; go-between”).

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