# 老姑婆
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǎogūpó
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨ ㄆㄛˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lou$^5$ gu$^1$ po$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lau$^2$ gu$^1$ po$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ló-kû-phò
    (Meixian, Guangdong): lau$^3$ gu$^1$ po$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-ko͘-pô / lǎu-ko͘-pô
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lao$^2$ gou$^1$ bo$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǎogūpó
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨ ㄆㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǎogupó
*** Wade–Giles: lao$^3$-ku$^1$-pʻo$^2$
*** Yale: lǎu-gū-pwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laogupor
*** Palladius: лаогупо (laogupo)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^5$ gu$^1$ po$^4$
*** Yale: lóuh gū pòh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^5$ gu$^1$ po$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^5$ gu$^1$ po$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯¹³ kuː⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lau$^2$ gu$^1$ po$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /lau⁵⁵ ku³³ pʰᵘɔ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-kû-phò
*** Hakka Romanization System: lo$^ˋ$ gu$^ˊ$ po$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lo$^3$ gu$^1$ po$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ ku²⁴ pʰo¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lau$^3$ gu$^1$ po$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /lau³¹ ku⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pʰo¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Lukang, Magong, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-ko͘-pô
*** Tâi-lô: lāu-koo-pô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lauxko'pooi
*** IPA (Lukang): /lau³¹⁻²² kɔ³³ po²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
*** IPA (Yilan): /lau³³⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² po¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²³/
*** IPA (Tainan): /lau³³⁻¹¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /lau²²⁻¹² kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-ko͘-pô
*** Tâi-lô: lǎu-koo-pô
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² kɔ³³ po²⁴/
*** IPA (Lukang): /lau³³⁻²² kɔ³³ po²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lao$^2$ gou$^1$ bo$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: láu kou pô
*** Sinological IPA : /lau⁵²⁻³⁵ kou³³⁻²³ po⁵⁵/

### Noun

老姑婆
* (derogatory, chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) spinster; old unmarried woman

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 老處女, 老姑娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老姑娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 老處女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 老姑娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 老姑娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 老姑娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 老姑娘, 家姑老 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 老姑娘, 老大姑娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 老姑娘, 老閨娘, 家姑老 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 老姑娘, 家姑老 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 老姑娘, 老大姑娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 老姑娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 老姑娘, 老女兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 老姑娘, 家姑老 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 老姑娘, 大閨女 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 老姑娘, 家姑兒老 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 老姑娘 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 老姑娘, 家姑兒老 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 老閨妮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 老丫頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 老姑娘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 老姑娘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 老姑娘, 老女兒, 老閨女 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 老姑娘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 老大嫚兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 老閨女, 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 老女兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 老女子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 老女子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 老姑娘, 老閨女 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 老閨女 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 老姑娘, 老女兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 老姑娘, 老處女 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 老丫頭, 老姑娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 老姑娘, 家姑老, 老閨女, 老大閨女 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 老姑娘 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 老姑娘, 老丫頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 老姑娘, 老女子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 老姑娘, 老丫頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 老姑娘 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 老丫頭, 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 老姑娘兒, 老女子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 老姑娘, 老女子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 老女兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 老姑娘兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 老姑娘, 老女兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 老姑娘, 老處女 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 老姑娘, 老處女 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 老女, 老姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 大姑娘家兒, 老姑娘家兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 老姐姐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 老姑娘, 老女兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 老姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 老姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 老大閨女 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 老姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 老姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 老姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 老姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 老姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 老姑娘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老姑婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 老姑婆 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老姑婆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 老姑婆 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老姑子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 老姑娘 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 老女 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老姑娘, 老姑婆 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 老紅花女 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老姑婆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 老姑婆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 老姑婆 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 老姑婆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 老姑婆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 老姑婆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 老姑娘 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 老姑娘 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老閨女, 老姑娘 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 老姑娘 |
| Jin | Datong | 老姑娘 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 老閨女 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 老女子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 老閨女 |
| Jin | Linhe | 大女子 |
| Jin | Jining | 老女兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 老姑娘 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 老姑娘 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 老女兒, 家姑兒老 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 老姑娘 |
| Jin | Handan | 老姑娘, 老女兒 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 大閨女 |
| Jin | Suide | 老女子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 公眾姑嫲婆, 老姑嫲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 老姑婆, 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 老姑婆, 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 老姑婆, 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 老姑婆 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老大姐 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 老姑娘, 老小姐 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 老姑娘 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 老小姐, 老姑娘 |
| Wu | Danyang | 老姑娘 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 老姑娘兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 老大姑娘, 老大小姐 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 老院主 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 老姑娘 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老姑娘 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 老嫚姎 |