月老

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Chinese

		moon; month	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuèlǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ lou⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goa̍t-ló / goa̍t-nó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuèlǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuèlǎo
  - Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-lao³
  - Yale: ywè-lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehlao
  - Palladius: юэлао (juelao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuèlǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄠˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuèlǎor
  - Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-lao³-ʼrh
  - Yale: ywè-lǎur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehlaol
  - Palladius: юэлаор (juelaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ laʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyut⁶ lou⁵
  - Yale: yuht lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² lou̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goa̍t-ló
  - Tâi-lô: gua̍t-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goadloir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuat̚⁴⁻³² lɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡuat̚⁴⁻³² lo⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goa̍t-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: gua̍t-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goadnor
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡuat̚⁴⁻³² nɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuat̚⁴⁻³² nɔ̃⁴¹/

Noun

月老

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

Synonyms

伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
保山 (bǎoshān) (literary)
冰人 (bīngrén) (literary)
媒人 (méirén)
媒人婆 (méirénpó) (female)
媒妁 (méishuò) (literary)
媒姨 (bhuê⁵ i⁵) (Teochew, female)
媒婆 (méipó) (female)
月下老人 (Yuèxià Lǎorén)
紅娘 / 红娘 (hóngniáng) (chiefly female)

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