老黃牛

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	ox; cattle; ticket scalper
trad. (老黃牛)		老	黃牛
simp. (老黄牛)		老	黄牛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎohuángniú

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶lau-waon-gnieu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎohuángniú
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎohuángnióu
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-huang²-niu²
  - Yale: lǎu-hwáng-nyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laohwangniou
  - Palladius: лаохуанню (laoxuannju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶lau-waon-gnieu
  - MiniDict: lau^去 waon nyeu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-hhuaan-nyieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² ɦuɑ̃⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɤ²¹/

Noun

老黃牛

(literal) old or large ox
(figurative, Mandarin) diligent and conscientious person
(figurative, Shanghainese) one who is irresponsible; flakey person

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