兩老

Chinese

 
both; two; ounce; some; a few; tael
 
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (兩老)
simp. (两老)

Pronunciation


Noun

兩老

  1. two seniors (from an older generation)
  2. parents; mother and father; mum and dad
  3. (Hakka) husband and wife; married couple

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 父母 (“father and mother; parents”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 父母, 爺娘, 怙恃, 雙親
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 父母, 雙親
Mandarin Beijing 爹媽
Taiwan 爸媽
Jinan 老的兒, 爹媽
Muping 老兒的
Xi'an 媽爸
Yinchuan 娘老子
Lanzhou 娘老子, 老漢們
Ürümqi 娘老子
Wuhan 娘老子, 兩老
Chengdu 娘老子, 媽老漢兒
Liuzhou 娘老子
Yangzhou 娘老子
Nanjing 娘老子
Nantong 爺娘
Cantonese Guangzhou 老豆老母
Hong Kong 老豆老母, 爹哋媽咪
Yangjiang 老子阿奶
Gan Nanchang 爺娘
Pingxiang 娘爺
Hakka Meixian 爺哀
Xingning 爺哀
Huidong (Daling) 阿爸阿姆
Qujiang 爺哀
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿爸阿姆
Changting 爹哀, 爺哀
Pingyu 爺哀
Wuping 爺哀
Ruijin 哀爹, 爺娘, 爺哀
Shicheng 爹哀
Shangyou 爺姐
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
Liudui (S. Sixian) 爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
Hsinchu (Hailu) 爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
Dongshi (Dabu) 爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
Hsinchu (Raoping) 爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 爺哀, 爺母, 兩老
Huizhou Jixi 娘老子, 老子娘, 老子爺娘
Jin Taiyuan 爹娘
Xinzhou 老子娘
Min Bei Jian'ou 爹奶
Min Dong Fuzhou 爸奶
Matsu 爸奶
Min Nan Xiamen 爸母, 老爸母
Quanzhou 爸母, 老爸母
Zhangzhou 爸母, 老爸母
Taipei 爸母
Kaohsiung 爸母
Tainan 爸母
Taichung 爸母
Hsinchu 爸母
Lukang 爸母
Sanxia 爸母
Yilan 爸母
Kinmen 爸母
Magong 爸母
Penang 爸母
Philippines (Manila) 爸母
Chaozhou 爸嬡
Wu Shanghai 爺娘
Suzhou 爺娘
Hangzhou 娘老子
Wenzhou 奶阿伯, 阿伯奶
Danyang 娘啊老子, 爺娘 rare
Ningbo 爹娘
Xiang Changsha 爺娘
Shuangfeng 爺娘
Dialectal synonyms of 夫妻 (“husband and wife”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 夫妻, 夫婦, 伉儷
Mandarin Beijing 兩口子, 公母倆
Taiwan 夫妻, 兩夫妻
Jinan 兩口子
Xi'an 兩口子
Wuhan 夫妻, 夫妻伙裡
Chengdu 兩夫妻, 兩口子
Yangzhou 夫妻
Hefei 夫妻
Cantonese Guangzhou 兩公婆, 公婆
Hong Kong 兩公婆
Taishan 兩公婆
Yangjiang 兩公婆, 公婆
Gan Nanchang 兩媽老子, 兩公婆
Hakka Meixian 兩公婆, 公婆
Xingning 兩公婆
Huidong (Daling) 兩公婆
Qujiang 兩公婆
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 兩公婆
Changting 兩公婆
Pingyu 兩公婆
Wuping 兩公婆
Liancheng 兩公婆
Ruijin 兩公婆, 兩老子
Shicheng 兩公婆
Shangyou 兩公婆
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
Liudui (S. Sixian) 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
Hsinchu (Hailu) 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
Dongshi (Dabu) 兩公姐, 公婆, 兩老
Hsinchu (Raoping) 兩公姐, 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 兩公姐, 公姐, 兩老
Jin Taiyuan 夫妻, 兩口子
Min Bei Jian'ou 兩老, 兩老媽
Min Dong Fuzhou 老公媽
Matsu 老公媽
Min Nan Xiamen 翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
Quanzhou 翁某, 翁仔某
Jinjiang 翁某仔
Zhangzhou 翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
Taipei 翁仔某
Kaohsiung 翁仔某
Tainan 翁仔某
Taichung 翁仔某
Hsinchu 翁仔某
Lukang 翁某
Sanxia 翁仔某
Yilan 翁仔某
Kinmen 翁仔某
Magong 翁仔某
Penang 翁某
Philippines (Manila) 翁某仔
Chaozhou 翁姐, 兩公婆
Wu Shanghai 夫妻
Suzhou 夫妻, 兩夫妻
Wenzhou 兩夫妻, 兩老
Xiang Changsha 兩公婆, 兩夫婦
Shuangfeng 兩公婆, 兩夫婦
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