老君

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
simp. and trad. (老君)		老	君

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lǎojūn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄩㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ gwan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Lǎojūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄩㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Laojiun
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ gwan¹
  - Yale: lóuh gwān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ gwan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ guen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ kʷɐn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

老君

(Taoism, honorific) Alternative name for 老子 (Lǎozǐ).

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Malay dukun (“witch doctor”).

Pronunciation

Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): ló-kun

(Teochew, Peng'im): lao⁶ gung¹

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Singapore, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-kun
  - Tâi-lô: ló-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loy'kwn
  - IPA (Penang): /lo⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ kun³³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /lo⁴²⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lao⁶ gung¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lău kung
  - IPA ^(key): /lau³⁵⁻¹¹ kuŋ³³/

Noun

老君

(Singapore and Malaysia Min Nan) doctor; physician
- 建國配套做伴，手拿著 PG 卡，去看老君有津貼。 [Min Nan, trad.]
  建国配套做伴，手拿着 PG 卡，去看老君有津贴。 [Min Nan, simp.]
  From: 2015, 刘玲玲 (Liu Ling Ling) and 王雷 (Wang Lei), 嘻游记 (The Journey)
  Kiàn-kok phòe-thò chò-phōaⁿ, chhiú gia̍h tio̍h PG khah, khì khòaⁿ ló-kun ū chin-thiap. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Accompanied by the Pioneer Generation Package, PG Card in my hand, I get subsidies when seeing the doctor.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 醫生 (“doctor; physician”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		醫生、醫師
Mandarin	Beijing	大夫、醫生
	Taiwan	醫生、大夫
	Tianjin	大夫、醫生
	Jinan	大夫、先生 TCM
	Xi'an	大夫、先生 TCM
	Wuhan	醫生、先生 TCM
	Chengdu	醫生、老師 TCM、先生 TCM
	Yangzhou	醫生、先生 TCM、郎中 TCM
	Hefei	醫生、先生 TCM、郎中 TCM
Cantonese	Guangzhou	醫生、先生 TCM
	Hong Kong	醫生、醫師 TCM
	Taishan	醫生
	Yangjiang	醫生、先生
	Kuala Lumpur	醫生
Gan	Nanchang	醫師、郎中
Hakka	Meixian	醫生、先生
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	先生、醫生、醫師
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	先生、醫生、醫師
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	先生、醫生、醫師
	Dongshi (Dabu)	先生、醫生、醫師
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	先生、醫生、醫師
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	先生、醫生
	Senai	醫生
Jin	Taiyuan	大夫、先生 TCM
Min Bei	Jian'ou	醫生、先生 TCM
Min Dong	Fuzhou	醫生、先生 TCM
Min Nan	Xiamen	醫生、先生
	Quanzhou	醫生、先生
	Zhangzhou	醫生、先生
	Taipei	醫生、先生
	Kaohsiung	醫生、先生
	Tainan	醫生、先生
	Taichung	醫生、先生
	Hsinchu	醫生、先生
	Lukang	醫生、先生
	Sanxia	醫生、先生
	Yilan	醫生、先生
	Kinmen	先生
	Magong	醫生、先生
	Penang	醫生、老君
	Singapore	醫生、老君
	Philippines (Manila)	醫生
	Chaozhou	醫生、先生 TCM
	Johor Bahru	老君
Wu	Shanghai	醫生、郎中 TCM
	Suzhou	醫生、郎中、先生 TCM
	Wenzhou	醫生、先生 TCM
Xiang	Changsha	醫生、醫師 TCM、郎中 TCM、先生 TCM
Xiang	Shuangfeng	醫師、郎中 TCM
Note	TCM: doctor practising traditional Chinese medicine

Derived terms

老君厝 (“hospital”)

老君車／老君车 (“ambulance”)

Descendants

→ English: lokun

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