老婦

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	woman
trad. (老婦)		老	婦
simp. (老妇)		老	妇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎofù

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ fu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎofù
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎofù
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-fu⁴
  - Yale: lǎu-fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laofuh
  - Palladius: лаофу (laofu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ fu⁵
  - Yale: lóuh fúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ fu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ fu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ fuː¹³/

Noun

老婦

old woman
- 老翁踰牆走，老婦出門看。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  老翁逾墙走，老妇出门看。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 8th century, Du Fu, 石壕吏
  Lǎowēng yúqiáng zǒu, lǎofù chūmén kàn. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	婦
ろう Grade: 4	ふ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːɸɯ̟]

Noun

老(ろう)婦(ふ) • (rōfu)

old woman