老頭

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See also: 老头

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (老頭)		老	頭
simp. (老头)		老	头

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎotóu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-thâu / lǎu-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎotóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎotóu
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-tʻou²
  - Yale: lǎu-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotour
  - Palladius: лаотоу (laotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (老頭兒／老头儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎotóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎotóur
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-tʻou²-ʼrh
  - Yale: lǎu-tóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotourl
  - Palladius: лаотоур (laotour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ tau⁴
  - Yale: lóuh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxtaau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-thâu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² tʰau²⁴/

Noun

老頭

(often disrespectful) old man; old fellow
(colloquial) husband
(colloquial, non-face-to-face) old man (father)

Synonyms

(old man): 老頭子／老头子 (lǎotóuzi); (literary, or in compounds) 翁 (wēng); (Hakka) 老貨仔／老货仔, 老貨仔／老货仔
(father): 老頭子／老头子 (lǎotóuzi)

Dialectal synonyms of 爸爸 (“father (non-face-to-face)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		父, 爺, 嚴 honorific
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		父親
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	爸爸, 爸, 爹
	Taiwan	爸爸, 爸
	Harbin	爸爸, 爸, 爹
	Shenyang	爸爸
	Singapore	爸爸, 老爸
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	爸爸
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	爸爸, 爹, 大 Hui, 大大 Hui
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	爹, 爸爸
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	爹, 爸爸
	Wanrong	爸, 爹
	Xi'an	爸, 達 Hui
	Xining	阿達, 達達, 爹
	Yanqi	老爹
	Xuzhou	答答, 爸爸, 老頭兒, 老頭子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	爹, 爸爸
	Lanzhou	爹, 爸爸, 老子, 老爹
	Ürümqi	爸爸, 先人, 老爹, 達, 達當子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	爸爸, 爸, 老頭兒, 老把子, 老漢兒
	Wuhan	爸爸, 老子, 老頭, 爹 dated, 伯伯 dated, 點頭磕 dated, 父老二 dated, casual, 八叉 dated, slang
	Guiyang	爸爸, 老爹, 老者, 老者者
	Kunming	爸爸
	Liuzhou	老爹, 爹老, 爺老, 老頭子
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	阿爸, 阿爹, 爸爸
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	爸, 爹, 爺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	爹, 爸爸, 伯伯, 吾爹
	Yangzhou	爸爸, 爹爹, 老子
	Nantong	爺
	Hefei	伯伯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老豆, 爸爸, 阿爸, 伯爺
	Hong Kong	老豆, 爸爸, 阿爸, 爹哋, 伯爺, 花打
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	阿爸, 爸
	Macau	老豆
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	老豆
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	老豆
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	老豆
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	老豆
	Foshan	老豆
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	老豆
	Foshan (Shunde)	老豆
	Foshan (Sanshui)	老豆, 伯爺 dated
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	老豆
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	老子, 老豆
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	老豆
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	老豆
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	老豆
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	老豆
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	老豆
	Taishan	老豆
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老豆
	Enping (Niujiang)	老豆
	Heshan (Yayao)	老豆
	Dongguan	老豆, 阿爸, 老子, 爸爸 childish, 爹哋 childish, 爸B childish
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	老豆
	Yangjiang	阿爹
	Nanning	爸, 老豆, 老嘢
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	俺老子, 老豆
	Hepu (Shatian)	俺公
	Beihai	老豆
	Beihai (Nankang)	老豆
	Beihai (Yingpan)	老豆, 阿爸
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	老豆
	Singapore (Guangfu)	老豆, 阿爸
Gan	Nanchang	爸爸, 老子, 爺老子
	Lichuan	爺, 家父
	Pingxiang	爺老子
Hakka	Meixian	阿爸, 爺仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	老豆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿爸
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	阿爸
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	爺子
	Wuhua (Meilin)	阿爸
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	父親
	Yudu	爺老
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿爸, 爺仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿爸, 爺仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿爸, 爺仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿爸
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿爸, 爺仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿怙, 阿爺
Huizhou	Jixi	老子
Jin	Taiyuan	老子, 大大, 大, 爹
Northern Min	Jian'ou	爹
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	郎爸
Southern Min	Xiamen	老爸, 娘爸 dated
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	老爸
	Quanzhou	老爸
	Jinjiang	老爸
	Zhangzhou	老爸, 娘爸 dated
	Pinghe	娘爸
	Zhao'an	老爸
	Taipei	老爸
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	老爸, 阿爸
	Kaohsiung	老爸
	Yilan	老爸
	Changhua (Lukang)	老爸
	Taichung	老爸, 爸爸
	Tainan	老爸, 俺爸
	Hsinchu	老爸, 阿爹, 爸爸
	Kinmen	俺爹
	Penghu (Magong)	老爸
	Penang (Hokkien)	老爸, 阿爸, 爸, 爸爸, 爹, 老的
	Singapore (Hokkien)	老爸
	Manila (Hokkien)	老爸
	Chaozhou	阿父, 父
	Shantou	阿父, 父, 大人 honorific
	Shantou (Chenghai)	父, 大人 honorific
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿父, 爸
	Singapore (Teochew)	父, 阿父
	Leizhou	尼父, 父, 尼阿 dated
	Haikou	爸
Puxian Min	Putian	郎爸
Puxian Min	Xianyou	郎爸
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	爸, 老子, 數字, 數老, 阿叔 dated
Southern Pinghua	Binyang	父親, 叔
Wu	Shanghai	爸爸, 老爸, 爹爹 dated, 阿伯 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	爺, 爺爺
	Suzhou	爺
	Danyang	爹爹, 爹, 爸爸
	Hangzhou	爹, 阿伯, 爸爸, 老子
	Ningbo	爹, 阿爹, 阿伯, 爸爸, 老頭子
	Wenzhou	阿爸, 阿伯
	Jinhua	爺
Xiang	Changsha	爺老倌, 爺老子, 爹爹, 爺爺, 爺
	Loudi	爹爹, 爺老倌, 爺老子, 爺, 老人家
	Shuangfeng	爹爹
	Hengyang	爺, 爺老子, 爺老倌子, 老子

Derived terms

丈人老頭／丈人老头
老頭樂／老头乐 (lǎotóulè)
花老頭／花老头 (huālǎotóu)

Related terms

老豆

Pronunciation 2

Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ tau^4-2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ tau^4-2
  - Yale: lóuh táu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ tau^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ teo^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

老頭 (Cantonese)

(non-face-to-face) elder in the family, especially dad
(non-face-to-face) boss
(humorous) department head