老爺

See also: 老爷

Chinese

	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (老爺)	老	爺
simp. (老爷)	老	爷
variant forms	姥爺／姥爷 “maternal grandfather”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lǎoye

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄧㄝ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): лое (loi͡ə, II-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ je⁴
Min Nan (POJ): ló-iâ / nó͘-iâ / lāu-iâ / lǎu-iâ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: lǎoye
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄧㄝ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.ie
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ i̯ɛ⁴/
  - Homophones:
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    姥爺／姥爷
    老爺／老爷
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: лое (loi͡ə, II-I)
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔː⁵¹ jəː²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ je⁴
  - Yale: lóuh yèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ je⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yé⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɛː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: ló-iâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loyiaa
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ia²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: nóo-iâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nofiaa
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ia²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-iâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxiaa
  - IPA (Penang): /laʊ²¹ ia²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ ia²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ ia²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ ia²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ ia¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-iâ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²² ia²⁴/

Noun

老爺

master; lord
(Mandarin, Jin, colloquial) Alternative form of 姥爺／姥爷 (lǎoye, “maternal grandfather; grandpa”).
(Cantonese) father-in-law (husband's father)
Term of address to a master by a servant.
Term of address used by a woman to her husband.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 公公 (“father-in-law; husband's father”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		公公
Mandarin	Beijing	公公
	Taiwan	公公
	Harbin	公公, 老公公
	Shenyang	老公公
	Jinan	公公
	Muping	公
	Luoyang	公公
	Jiedian	阿公
	Xi'an	阿公
	Xuzhou	老公公, 公公
	Yinchuan	公公
	Lanzhou	公公
	Ürümqi	公公
	Wuhan	公公, 爹爹
	Chengdu	公公, 老人公
	Guiyang	老公公
	Liuzhou	家公
	Kunming	老公公
	Yangzhou	公
	Nanjing	老公公
	Hefei	老公公, 公公
	Nantong	公
Cantonese	Guangzhou	家公 non-face-to-face, 大人公 non-face-to-face, dated, 老爺 face-to-face
	Hong Kong	家公 non-face-to-face, 老爺 face-to-face
	Taishan	老爺
	Dongguan	老爺, 旦人公
	Yangjiang	家公 non-face-to-face, 老爺 face-to-face
Gan	Nanchang	公公, 公家, 公家老子
	Lichuan	公兒
	Pingxiang	公公
Hakka	Meixian	家官
	Xingning	家官
	Huidong	家官
	Qujiang	家公, 家翁, 大娘公
	Xiaosanjiang	家公
	Changting	家官
	Pingyu	家官
	Liancheng	家官
	Ninghua	家官
	Yudu	家官
	Ruijin	家官
	Shicheng	家官
	Shangyou	家官
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	家官
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	家官
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	家官
	Dongshi (Dabu)	家官
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	家官
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	家官
Huizhou	Jixi	公
Jin	Taiyuan	公公
Jin	Xinzhou	老爺爺, 公公
Min Bei	Jian'ou	公公
	Songxi	公
	Zhenghe	公仔
	Jianyang	爹爹
	Wuyishan	大公
	Shibei	公爹
Min Dong	Fuzhou	老官
	Changle	老官
	Fuqing	官郎, 老官
	Yongtai	老官
	Gutian	爹官
	Fu'an	阿公
	Ningde	爹官
	Shouning	大官
	Zhouning	爹官
	Fuding	阿爹
Min Nan	Xiamen	大官
	Quanzhou	大官
	Zhangzhou	大官
	Taipei	大官
	Kaohsiung	大官
	Tainan	大官
	Taichung	大官
	Hsinchu	大官
	Taitung	大官
	Lukang	大官
	Sanxia	大官
	Yilan	大官仔
	Kinmen	大官
	Magong	大官
	Penang	大官, 翁官
	Philippines (Manila)	大官
	Chaozhou	大官
	Shantou	大官
	Haifeng	大家官
	Haikou	家翁
	Leizhou	家翁
Puxian Min	Putian	大官
Puxian Min	Xianyou	大官
Pinghua	Nanning	爹
Wu	Shanghai	公公, 阿公, 公爹, 公阿爹
	Suzhou	阿公
	Hangzhou	阿公, 阿公老頭兒
	Wenzhou	大官爺
	Chongming	公
	Danyang	公公
	Jinhua	公
	Ningbo	公公
Xiang	Changsha	家爺, 家爺老子
	Shuangfeng	家爺
	Loudi	家爺

Derived terms

土地老爺放屁／土地老爷放屁
大老爺／大老爷
天老爺／天老爷
姑老爺／姑老爷
老爺兒／老爷儿 (lǎoyér)
老爺子／老爷子

老爺廟／老爷庙
老爺爺／老爷爷 (lǎoyéye)
老爺車／老爷车 (lǎoyéchē)
舅老爺／舅老爷
親家老爺／亲家老爷
青天大老爺／青天大老爷

Descendants

→ Mongolian: ноён (nojon)
- → English: noyan

Adjective

老爺

(Cantonese, Malaysia Hokkien) old; old-fashioned

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	爺
Grade: 4	Hyōgaiji

Noun

老爺 (hiragana おやじ, rōmaji oyaji)

one's father

Noun

老爺 (hiragana ろうや, rōmaji rōya)

one's father

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