老公

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Chinese

old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
trad. (老公)
simp. #(老公)

Pronunciation 1


Noun

老公

  1. (colloquial) husband
    老公天天晚餐蜂蜜水 [MSC, trad.]
    老公天天晚餐蜂蜜水 [MSC, simp.]
    Lǎogōng tiāntiān wǎncān hòu bāng wǒ chōng fēngmìshuǐ hē.
    My husband makes honey with water for me to drink after dinner every day.
  2. (literary) elderly person
  3. (archaic) father
  4. (humorous) the public
  5. (Internet slang, ACG, neologism) husbando
Synonyms
  • (husband):
Coordinate terms
  • 老婆 (lǎopo, “wife, waifu”)
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2


Noun

老公

  1. (colloquial, archaic) eunuch
Synonyms

Pronunciation 3


Noun

老公

  1. (Teochew) great-grandfather
Synonyms

References

  • Entry #60305”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
  • Entry #60308”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “老公”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 345.