老伴

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	partner; companion; associate partner; companion; associate; to accompany; comrade
trad. (老伴)		老	伴
simp. #(老伴)		老	伴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láobàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄅㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ bun⁶ / lou⁵ pun^5-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-phōaⁿ / lǎu-phǒaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láobàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láobàn
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-pan⁴
    • Yale: láu-bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laubann
    • Palladius: лаобань (laobanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ pän⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (老伴兒／老伴儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láobànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄅㄢˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láobànr
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-pan⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: láu-bànr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lauball
    • Palladius: лаобаньр (laobanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ pɑɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ bun⁶ / lou⁵ pun^5-2
    • Yale: lóuh buhn / lóuh pún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ bun⁶ / lou⁵ pun^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ bun⁶ / lou⁵ pun^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ puːn²²/, /lou̯¹³ pʰuːn¹³⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-phōaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-phuānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxphvoa
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ pʰuã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ pʰuã³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ pʰuã²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-phǒaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lǎu-phuǎnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² pʰuã²²/

Noun

老伴

1. husband or wife (of an elderly couple)
2. old friend
3. (figurative) beloved things