月老

Chinese

		moon; month	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (月老)		月	老
simp. #(月老)		月	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ lou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goa̍t-ló / goa̍t-nó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-lao³
    • Yale: ywè-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehlao
    • Palladius: юэлао (juelao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèlǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèlǎor
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-lao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: ywè-lǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehlaol
    • Palladius: юэлаор (juelaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ laʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ lou⁵
    • Yale: yuht lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² lou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goa̍t-ló
    • Tâi-lô: gua̍t-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goadloir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuat̚⁴⁻³² lɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡuat̚⁴⁻³² lo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goa̍t-nó͘
    • Tâi-lô: gua̍t-nóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goadnor
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuat̚⁴⁻³² nɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuat̚⁴⁻³² nɔ̃⁴¹/

Noun

月老

1. Short for 月下老人 (Yuèxià Lǎorén, “matchmaker; go-between”).

Synonyms

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• 伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
• 保山 (bǎoshān) (literary)
• 冰人 (bīngrén) (literary)
• 媒人 (méirén)
• 媒人婆 (méirénpó) (female)
• 媒妁 (méishuò) (literary)
• 媒姨 (bhuê⁵ i⁵) (Teochew, female)
• 媒婆 (méipó) (female)
• 月下老人 (Yuèxià Lǎorén)
• 紅娘／红娘 (hóngniáng) (chiefly female)