# 老道
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǎodào
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄠˋ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-tâu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǎodào
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodào
*** Wade–Giles: lao$^3$-tao$^4$
*** Yale: lǎu-dàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodaw
*** Palladius: лаодао (laodao)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-tâu
*** Tâi-lô: láu-tâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: law'daau
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tau²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tau²⁴/

### Noun

老道
* (informal) Taoist priest

#### Synonyms

* 先生 (xiānshēng) (literary)
* 喃嘸佬 / 喃呒佬 (naam$^4$ mo$^4$ lou$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 牛頭 / 牛头 (niútóu) (humorous)
* 道人 (dàorén) (honorific)
* 道士 (dàoshì)
* 道長 / 道长 (dàozhǎng) (polite)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 道士, 道人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老道, 道士, 道人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 道士, 師公 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 老道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 老道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 老道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 道士, 老道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 道士, 老道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 道士, 老道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 老道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 道士, 老道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 老道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 老道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 老道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 道士, 老道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 道士 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 老道 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 道士, 老道 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 老道 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 道士, 老道 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 老道 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 道士, 老道 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 道士, 老道 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 老道 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 道士, 老道 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 道士, 老道 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 道士 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 道士 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 道士 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 老道士 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 道士, 老道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 老道, 道人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 道人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 道士 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 道士, 老道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 道士, 老道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 道士, 老道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 道士, 老道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 道士, 老道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 道士, 老道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 老道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 道人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 道士, 道人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 道士, 老道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 道士 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 道士, 老道, 道人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 道士, 老道, 道人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 道士 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 道士 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 老道, 道士, 道人 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 道道兒, 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 道人, 老道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 道士, 老道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 道士, 道人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 道人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 道師, 道人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 道士, 老道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 道士, 道士佬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 道士 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 道士, 老道 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 道士 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 道士 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 道士, 老道 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 道人 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 道士, 先生 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 道士 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 道士 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 道士 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 道士, 道人 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 道士 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 道士 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 道士 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 道士 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 道士 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 道士 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 道士 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 道士 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 道士, 老道 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 道士, 老道 |
| Jin | Datong | 老道, 道人 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 道士, 道官 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 道士, 老道 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 道士, 老道 |
| Jin | Linhe | 老道 |
| Jin | Jining | 老道 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 道士, 老道 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 老道 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 老道 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 道士, 老道 |
| Jin | Handan | 道士, 老道 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 道士 |
| Jin | Suide | 道士 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 道塊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 道士 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 師公 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 師公 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 師公 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 師公 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 師公 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 師公 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 師公 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 師公 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 師公 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 師公, 師孫 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 師公仔, 道士仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 師公 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 師公仔 face-to-face, 師孫仔 non-face-to-face |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 師公 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 師公 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 師公 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 三傅 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 道士 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 道公, 道公佬, 道公師, 道士佬 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 道士, 道士先生 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 道士 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 道士 |
| Wu | Danyang | 道士 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 道士 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 道士 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 道士 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 道士 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 道士, 道人 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 道士 |