# 老人家
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǎorenjia, lǎorénjia
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄖㄣ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ, ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lou$^5$ jan$^4$ gaa$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): lau$^3$ nyin ga
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ló-ngìn-kâ
    (Hailu, HRS): lo$^ˊ$ ngin ga$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): lau$^3$ ngin$^2$ ga$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lǎu-lâng-ke / lāu-lâng-ke / lāu-lâng-kee / ló-jîn-ka / ló-lîn-ka
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lao$^2$ nang$^5$ gê$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lau-gnin-ka
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǎorenjia
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄖㄣ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǎore̊njiå
*** Wade–Giles: lao$^3$-jên$^5$-chia$^5$
*** Yale: lǎu-ren-jya
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.ren.jia
*** Palladius: лаожэньцзя (laožɛnʹczja)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʐən⁴ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä¹/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǎorénjia
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǎorénjiå
*** Wade–Giles: lao$^3$-jên$^2$-chia$^5$
*** Yale: lǎu-rén-jya
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoren.jia
*** Palladius: лаожэньцзя (laožɛnʹczja)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^5$ jan$^4$ gaa$^1$
*** Yale: lóuh yàhn gā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^5$ jan$^4$ gaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^5$ yen$^4$ ga$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹ kaː⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: lau$^3$ nyin ga
*** Sinological IPA : /lau²¹³⁻²¹ n̠ʲin¹ ka²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-ngìn-kâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: lo$^ˋ$ ngin$^ˇ$ ga$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lo$^3$ ngin$^2$ ga$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ ŋin¹¹ ka²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: lo$^ˊ$ ngin ga$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /lo²⁴⁻³³ ŋin⁵⁵ ka⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lau$^3$ ngin$^2$ ga$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /lau³¹ ŋin¹¹ ka⁴⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-lâng-ke
*** Tâi-lô: lǎu-lâng-ke
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² laŋ²⁴⁻²² ke³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-lâng-ke
*** Tâi-lô: lāu-lâng-ke
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lauxlangkef
*** IPA (Singapore): /lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-lâng-kee
*** Tâi-lô: lāu-lâng-kee
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-jîn-ka
*** Tâi-lô: ló-jîn-ka
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loyjinkaf
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³⁻³³ ka⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-lîn-ka
*** Tâi-lô: ló-lîn-ka
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loylinkaf
*** IPA (Taipei): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lao$^2$ nang$^5$ gê$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: láu nâng ke
*** Sinological IPA : /lau⁵²⁻³⁵ naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lau-gnin-ka
*** MiniDict: lau$^去$ nyin ka
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lau-nyin-ka
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² n̠ʲin⁵⁵ ka²¹/

### Noun

老人家
* (polite, term of address) venerable old person; elderly man or woman
* (polite, non-face-to-face term of address) parents (of the speaker or another person)

#### Synonyms

* (elderly man or woman):
* 家先生 (Hakka, polite, term of address)
* 老人 (lǎorén)
* 老大人 (Hokkien, polite, term of address)
* 老年人 (lǎoniánrén)
* 老者 (lǎozhě) (literary)
* 黃髮／黄发 (huángfà) (literary)
* (parents): 父母 (fùmǔ)