老娘家

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Chinese

		old mother; mother	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (老娘家)		老娘	家
simp. ^#(老娘家)		老娘	家

Pronunciation

Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶lau-gnian-ka / ²lau₆-gnian₂-ka₁

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lau-gnian-ka
  - MiniDict: lau^去 nyan ka
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-nyian-ka
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² n̠ʲiã⁵⁵ ka²¹/
- (Northern: Songjiang, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²lau₆-gnian₂-ka₁
  - MiniDict: lau^去 nyan^平 ka^平
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /lɔ¹³ n̠ʲiæ̃⁵⁵ kɑ³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /læ²² n̠ʲiã³³ kɑ/

Noun

老娘家

(Northern Wu, polite, term of address) elderly person
(Northern Wu, polite, term of address, face-to-face or non-face-to-face) father

Synonyms

(elderly man or woman):

家先生 (Hakka, polite, term of address)
老人 (lǎorén)
老人家 (polite, term of address)
老大人 (Hokkien, polite, term of address)
老年人 (lǎoniánrén)
老者 (lǎozhě) (literary)
黃髮 / 黄发 (huángfà) (literary)

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