老老

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (老老)		老	老
simp. #(老老)		老	老

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎolao

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄌㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ lou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎolao
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄌㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎolåo
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-lao⁵
    • Yale: lǎu-lau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.lau
    • Palladius: лаолао (laolao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ lɑʊ̯⁴/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 姥姥 老老

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ lou⁵
    • Yale: lóuh lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ lou̯¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 姥姥 老老

Noun

老老

1. Alternative form of 姥姥 (lǎolao, “maternal grandmother; grandma”)

Interjection

老老

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of 姥姥 (lǎolao, “bloody hell!; bastards!”)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎolǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ lou⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-ló
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lau-lau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎolǎo [Phonetic: láolǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎolǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-lao³
    • Yale: lǎu-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laolao
    • Palladius: лаолао (laolao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ lou⁵
    • Yale: lóuh lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ lou̯¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 姥姥 老老

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-ló
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˋ lo^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ lo³
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ lo³¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-lau
    • MiniDict: lau^去 lau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-lau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² lɔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

老老

1. Expressive reduplication of 老 (lǎo).

Synonyms

(very):

Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		甚, 孔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		很, 非常, 十分
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪
	Taiwan	很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級
	Malaysia	很
	Singapore	很, 蠻, 非常
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒
	Jinan	挺, 楞
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	很
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	很, 好
	Chongqing	很
	Wuhan	蠻, 很
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蠻, 稀, 很
	Hefei	很
Cantonese	Guangzhou	好, 非常之
	Hong Kong	好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	好
	Taishan	好, 十分之
	Yangjiang	好
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	好
	Singapore (Guangfu)	好, 非常之, 非常
Gan	Nanchang	蠻
Hakka	Meixian	好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation
	Huidong (Daling)	好
	Wuhua (Meilin)	好
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頂
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	好
	Changting	野
	Wuping (Pingyu)	已, 刮
	Liancheng	樣
	Ninghua	好
	Ruijin	蠻
	Shicheng	蠻
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蠻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 已, 還
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蓋, 盡, 還
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當, 盡, 已, 還
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當, 已, 還
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當, 已, 還
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	足, 真, 實在
	Hong Kong	好
	Sabah (Bao'an)	好
	Kuching (Hepo)	很
	Singapore (Dabu)	好
Jin	Taiyuan	很, 挺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	盡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	野, 真
	Singapore (Fuqing)	真
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	真
Southern Min	Xiamen	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	真
	Quanzhou	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰
	Jinjiang	野
	Zhangzhou	盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔
	Zhao'an	很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常
	Dongshan	真, 非常
	Taipei	真, 誠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	真, 誠
	Kaohsiung	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Yilan	有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
	Changhua (Lukang)	真, 誠
	Taichung	誠, 蓋, 足
	Tainan	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Hsinchu	真, 誠
	Kinmen	足, 誠
	Penghu (Magong)	真, 誠
	Penang (Hokkien)	真, 誠, 真正
	Singapore (Hokkien)	真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠
	Manila (Hokkien)	野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠
	Chaozhou	過, 好, 非常, 死爸
	Shantou	過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕
	Shantou (Chenghai)	好, 死絕
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 非常
	Jieyang	過, 好, 死爸, 死絕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	好
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	好
	Singapore (Teochew)	真, 死爸, 非常
	Wenchang	極, 但顧, 真
	Haikou	但顧
	Qionghai	但顧, 真
	Singapore (Hainanese)	但顧, 真
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	好, 蠻
Wu	Shanghai	蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated
	Suzhou	蠻, 窮
	Hangzhou	蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒
	Ningbo	交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare
	Zhoushan	交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare
	Wenzhou	蠻, 蒙, 顯
Xiang	Changsha	很, 蠻
	Shuangfeng	蠻