# 咾

| 咾 | U+54BE, &#21694; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54BE |
| ← 咽 [U+54BD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 咿 → [U+54BF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

咾 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口十大心 (RJKP), four-corner 6401$_1$, composition ⿰口老)
* a noise
* a sound

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 188, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3578
* Dae Jaweon: page 407, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 612, character 6
* Unihan data for U+54BE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 老

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǎo (lao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lou$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): lau$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǎo
*** Wade–Giles: lao$^3$
*** Yale: lǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao
*** Palladius: лао (lao)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^5$
*** Yale: lóuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯¹³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: lau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /lau⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lau
*** MiniDict: lau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²³/

#### Definitions

咾
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### Etymology 2

* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^0$lau
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^0$lau
*** MiniDict: lau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^0$lau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ/

#### Definitions

咾 (Shanghainese)
* and; or; connector in lists
       $^6$ve-lau $^6$mi-lau $^7$chiq-gheq$_8$-meq$_8$-zy$_6$ $^6$ze $^7$peq $^6$yi $^7$chiq-theq$_7$-leq [Wugniu]
       All the food was eaten by him, be it rice or noodles.
    From: 2007, 上海话大词典, page 474
    $^6$wu-li$_6$-gheq $^5$sy $^7$oq-tsoq$_7$-lau $^5$sau [Wugniu]
    The water in the river is dirty and hard to come by.
* used to indicate subsequent actions in instructions
       $^1$tsy-gnioq$_8$ $^5$iau $^1$sau-zoq$_8$-lau $^7$chiq [Wugniu]
       You have to cook the pork thoroughly before eating.
* and; or; connector for contrasting attributes
       $^6$ngu $^6$veq$_8$-shiau$_5$-teq$_7$ $^6$yi $^5$hau-lau $^6$wa [Wugniu]
       I don't know if he's good or bad.
* because; since; therefore
       $^6$ngu $^6$du-bi$_6$ $^5$thon-lau $^6$veq$_8$-chiq$_7$ $^6$ve leq [Wugniu]
       I'm not eating since my stomach hurts.
* used to indicate the topic
    From: ref=2007, 上海话大词典, page 474
    $^6$gnin-lau $^1$cin-tsau$_1$ $^6$veq$_8$-shiau$_5$-teq$_7$ $^6$min-tsau$_1$-gheq [Wugniu]
    As for people, one doesn't know today how they will act tomorrow.
* an intensifier
       $^6$zhieu-zy$_6$ $^8$geq-nen$_6$ $^5$tsu-lau [Wugniu]
       Exactly this way!
* a generic sentence-final particle
       $^6$ngu $^6$le-lau $^1$taon-shin$_1$-nge$_6$ [Wugniu]
       I'm coming, watch out.
       $^7$chiq $^6$ve lau $^6$ngu $^6$le lau [Wugniu]
       Time for dinner! / I'm coming!

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ló
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lo$^2$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló
*** Tâi-lô: ló
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loir
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lo⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lo⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lo⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lo$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ló
*** Sinological IPA : /lo⁵²/

#### Definitions

咾
* Only used in 呵咾 (o-ló).

### Compounds

* 咕咾肉 (gūlǎoròu)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ろう (rō)
* Kan-on: ろう (rō)
* Kun: こえ (koe, 咾)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

咾: Hán Nôm readings: láo, rảu, làu
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