老鴉

Chinese

	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	crow
trad. (老鴉)	老	鴉
simp. (老鸦)	老	鸦
alt. forms	老鵶老鴰／老鸹 Shanghainese; Min Dong

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎoyā

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ ngaa¹
Gan (Wiktionary): lau³ nga
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lau² a¹ / lau³ a¹
Min Dong (BUC): lō̤-uă
Wu (Wiktionary): lau hho (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎoyā
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoia
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ ngaa¹
  - Yale: lóuh ngā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ ngaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ nga¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ ŋɑː⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: lau³ nga
  - IPA ^(key): /lau²¹³⁻²¹ ŋa¹/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lau² a¹ / lau³ a¹
  - IPA: /lau¹¹ a⁴⁴/, /lau³¹ a⁴⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lō̤-uă
  - IPA ^(key): /l̃o³³⁻²¹ ua⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: lau hho (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔ²² ɦo⁴⁴/

Noun

老鴉

(literary or dialectal) crow; raven
- 老鴉拍翼盤空疾，准擬浮生如瞬息。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  老鸦拍翼盘空疾，准拟浮生如瞬息。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 張碧 (Zhang Bi), 惜花三首·其二
  Lǎoyā pāi yì pánkōng jí, zhǔnnǐ fúshēng rú shùnxī. [Pinyin]
  The crow flaps its wings and circles swiftly in the air, hoping for life to be as a twinkling.
- 哥哥，不羞，不羞。我說不編就不編了，只管又變著老鴉怎的？你來聽麼？ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  哥哥，不羞，不羞。我说不编就不编了，只管又变着老鸦怎的？你来听么？ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE
  Gēge, bùxiū, bùxiū. Wǒ shuō bù biān jiù bù biān le, zhǐguǎn yòu biàn zhe lǎoyā zěn de? Nǐ lái tīng me? [Pinyin]
  You're shameless, brother, shameless. I meant it when I said I wouldn't lie, so why've you turned into a crow? Come to listen to me?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 烏鴉 (“crow; raven”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		烏、鴉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		烏鴉
Mandarin	Beijing	老鴰
	Taiwan	烏鴉
	Harbin	老哇、老哇子、黑老哇、烏鴉
	Shenyang	老鴰
	Hailar	老鴰
	Ulan Hot	老鴰
	Tongliao	老鴰
	Chifeng	老鴰
	Bayanhot	老哇
	Jinan	老鴰、黑老鴰
	Muping	黑老哇子
	Luoyang	老鴰
	Jiedian	老哇
	Xi'an	老哇、黑老哇
	Qingdao	老哇
	Zhengzhou	老鴰
	Xining	老哇、鴰老闆
	Xuzhou	老鴰、烏鴉
	Yinchuan	老哇
	Lanzhou	老哇、狼老哇
	Ürümqi	老哇
	Wuhan	老哇
	Chengdu	老哇、烏鴉
	Guiyang	老哇
	Guilin	烏鴉
	Liuzhou	烏鴉、烏鴉鳥
	Kunming	老哇
	Yangzhou	老鴉
	Nanjing	老哇、黑老哇
	Hefei	老鴰子、老鴰
	Nantong	老鴉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	烏鴉
	Hong Kong	烏鴉
	Shunde	烏鴉
	Foshan	烏鴉
	Zhongshan	烏鴉
	Dongguan	烏鴉
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	老鴉
	Taishan	烏鴉
	Doumen	烏鴉
	Kaiping	烏鴉
	Shaoguan	烏鴉
	Yunfu	烏鴉
	Yangjiang	老鴉
	Xinyi	烏鴉
	Lianjiang	烏鴉
	Nanning	烏鴉
	Wuzhou	烏鴉
	Yulin	烏鴉
	Hepu	烏鴉
	Danzhou	老鴉
	Kuala Lumpur	烏鴉
Gan	Nanchang	老鴉
	Lichuan	老鴉
	Pingxiang	鴉雀、老鴉
Hakka	Meixian	老鴉
	Luchuan	老鴉、烏鴉
	Changting	烏鴉鵲
	Wuping	烏鴉
	Ninghua	老鴉子
	Yudu	老鴉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老鴉仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	老鴉仔、烏鴉
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	烏鴉
	Dongshi (Dabu)	老鴉、烏鴉
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	烏鴉
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	烏鴉
	Hong Kong	老鴉、烏鴉
	Sabah	烏鴉
	Senai	老鴉
	Singkawang	烏鴉
Huizhou	Shexian	老鴉
	Tunxi	老鴉
	Jixi	老鴉
Jin	Taiyuan	黑老哇
	Pingyao	黑老哇
	Xinzhou	黑澇鴉兒
	Baochang	黑老哇
	Jining	黑老哇
	Hohhot	黑老哇
	Baotou	烏鴉
	Dongsheng	黑老哇
	Linhe	黑老哇
	Haibowan	黑老哇
Min Bei	Jian'ou	老鴉
Min Dong	Fuzhou	老鴉
	Changle	老鴉
	Fuqing	老鴉
	Yongtai	老鴰
	Gutian	老鴉
	Fu'an	老鴉
	Ningde	老鴉
	Shouning	老鴉
	Zhouning	老鴉
	Fuding	老鴉
Min Nan	Xiamen	烏鴉
	Quanzhou	烏鴉
	Zhangzhou	烏鴉
	Taipei	烏鴉
	Kaohsiung	烏鴉
	Yilan	烏鴉仔
	Penang	烏鴉
	Singapore	烏鴉、歹鳥
	Philippines (Manila)	烏鴉
	Pingnan	老鴉
	Chaozhou	烏鴉
	Haifeng	烏鴉
	Johor Bahru	烏鴉
	Wenchang	衫烏
	Leizhou	沙烏
Puxian Min	Putian	鶚卵
Puxian Min	Xianyou	鶚卵
Pinghua	Nanning	烏鴉、老鴉
Pinghua	Guilin	烏鴉
Wu	Shanghai	老鴉、烏鴉
	Suzhou	老鴉
	Hangzhou	烏老鴉
	Wenzhou	老鴉
	Chongming	老鴉
	Danyang	烏老鴉、烏鴉、老鴉
	Jinhua	烏老鴉
	Ningbo	老鴉
Xiang	Changsha	老哇子、老哇
	Shuangfeng	老哇子
	Loudi	老哇子、老哇
	Quanzhou	烏鴉

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