# 王老五
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wánglǎowǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wong$^4$ lou$^5$ ng$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wánglǎowǔ [Phonetic: wángláowǔ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wánglǎowǔ
*** Wade–Giles: wang$^2$-lao$^3$-wu$^3$
*** Yale: wáng-lǎu-wǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanglaowuu
*** Palladius: ванлао’у (vanlao’u)
*** Sinological IPA : /wɑŋ³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wánglǎowǔr [Phonetic: wángláowǔr]
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄨˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wánglǎowǔr
*** Wade–Giles: wang$^2$-lao$^3$-wu$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: wáng-lǎu-wǔr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanglaowuul
*** Palladius: ванлао’ур (vanlao’ur)
*** Sinological IPA : /wɑŋ³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ uɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wong$^4$ lou$^5$ ng$^5$
*** Yale: wòhng lóuh ńgh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wong$^4$ lou$^5$ ng$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wong$^4$ lou$^5$ ng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɔːŋ²¹ lou̯¹³ ŋ̍¹³/

### Noun

王老五
* (slang, colloquial) bachelor

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 單身漢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 光棍兒, 光棍兒光, 鰥棍兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 單身漢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 光棍兒, 跑腿子, 光桿子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 光棍兒, 光棍子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 光棍兒, 光棍子, 光漢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 光棍兒, 光棍兒漢兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 光棍兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 光棍兒, 光身漢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 光棍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 光棍漢, 光棍兒漢, 單身漢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 光棍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 光棍兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 單身漢兒, 光棍, 光棍兒, 光身漢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 單身漢, 寡漢條, 光棍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 單身漢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 寡佬, 寡公, 光棍, 單身寡佬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 單身漢, 光棍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 光棍條子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 光棍, 光桿子, 寡漢, 寡漢條子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 寡佬, 單身寡佬, 寡仔, 單身寡仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 寡佬, 單身寡佬, 王老五 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 寡佬, 散仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 寡佬, 散仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 單身寡佬, 光棍佬 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 寡佬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 單身 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 單身人 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 單鳥哥, 單隻阿哥 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 光棍 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 單身哥仔, 單身哥 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 單身哥仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 單身哥仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 單身哥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 單身哥仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 羅漢腳 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 光棍, 光棍漢, 光棍兒漢 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 光棍 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 單身漢, 光棍 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 單身哥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 單身漢, 十一叔, 十一哥 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 十一叔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 十一叔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 孤𣮈的, 羅漢跤 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔, 獨身仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 羅漢跤仔, 獨身仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 十一哥, 羅漢跤仔, 獨身仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 羅漢跤 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 十一哥, 十一叔, 孤身 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 十一哥, 羅漢跤 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 單身囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 單身漢 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 單身囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 單身漢 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 光棍 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 單身漢, 光棍 derogatory, 光棍兒 derogatory |
| Wu | Shanghai | 單身漢, 光棍, 獨腳伙 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 單身漢 |
| Wu | Danyang | 單身漢, 光棍條子, 光棍 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 光棍頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 光棍, 光棍老倌 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 單獨自人, 獨自人 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 光棍, 禿鐵兒, 光棍禿鐵兒 derogatory |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 光棍邋遢兒 derogatory |
| Xiang | Changsha | 單身漢, 單身漢子, 光褲帶 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 光棍 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 單身家, 單身公 |

#### Derived terms

* 王老五賣瓜／王老五卖瓜
* 鑽石王老五／钻石王老五 (zuànshí wánglǎowǔ)