老友

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	friend
simp. and trad. (老友)		老	友

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎoyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jau⁵
Min Nan (POJ): lāu-iú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎoyǒu [Phonetic: láoyǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoyeou
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ jau⁵
  - Yale: lóuh yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yeo⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐu̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-iú
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-iú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁴¹⁻²² iu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ iu⁴¹/

Noun

老友

old friend; old pal

Derived terms

老友記／老友记

老友鬼鬼

Adjective

老友

(Cantonese) in a deep friendship

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