老父

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	father
trad. (老父)		老	父
simp. ^#(老父)		老	父
anagram		父老

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎofù

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ fu⁶

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 fu⁶
  - Yale: lóuh fuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ fu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ fu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ fuː²²/

Noun

老父

(literary) old man
(humble) one's own old father

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 老父 – see 老爸 (“dad; father; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 老爸).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	父
ろう Grade: 4	ふ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ろーふ [róꜜòfù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːɸɯ̟]

Noun

老(ろう)父(ふ) • (rōfu)

(one's) old father
Antonym: 老母(ろうぼ) (rōbo)

See also

老夫(ろうふ) (rōfu, “old man”)
老婦(ろうふ) (rōfu, “old woman”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN