# 老鴰
## Chinese
### Etymology

Composed of 老 (lǎo, “prefix used in animal names”) + an onomatopoeic morpheme. Compare 老哇 (lǎowa) (Harbin Mandarin given here as an example) in various Mandarin varieties.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǎoguā
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄚ
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lau-gho
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoguā → lǎogua (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄚ → ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄍㄨㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoguå
*** Wade–Giles: lao$^3$-kua$^5$
*** Yale: lǎu-gwa
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.gua
*** Palladius: лаогуа (laogua)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/ → /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ g̊u̯ä⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lau-gho
*** MiniDict: lau$^去$ gho
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lau-hho
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² ɦo⁴⁴/

### Noun

老鴰
* (dialectal) crow; raven
** 18th century, Cao Xueqin, chapter 57, in Dream of the Red Chamber:
       Zhòngrén xiào dào: “Zhè yòu dāi le. Tiānxià lǎogua yībān hēi, qǐ yǒu liǎngyàng de?” [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 烏, 鴉 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 烏鴉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老鴰, 老鴉兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 烏鴉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 老鴰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 老鴰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 老鴰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 老鴰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 老鴰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 老哇, 老哇子, 黑老哇, 烏鴉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 老鴰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 烏鴉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 烏鴉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 老鴰 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 老鴰 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 老鴰 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 老鴰 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 老鴰 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 老鴰, 黑老鴰 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 黑老哇子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 老哇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 老鴰 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 老鴰 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 老哇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 老鴰 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 老哇, 黑老哇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 老哇, 鴰老闆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 老鴰, 烏鴉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 老哇, 黑老哇, 烏鴉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 黑老哇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 老哇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 老哇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 老哇, 狼老哇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 老哇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 老哇, 烏鴉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 老哇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 老哇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 老哇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 烏鴉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 烏鴉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 烏鴉, 烏鴉鳥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 烏鴉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 老哇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 老哇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 老哇, 黑老哇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 老鴉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 老鴉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 老鴰子, 老鴰 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 呱乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 鴉雀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Dongxing | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老鴉 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 老鴉 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 老鴉, 鴉雀 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Changting | 烏鴉鵲 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 老鴉子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老鴉仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 烏鴉仔, 老鴉仔, 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 老鴉, 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老鴉, 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 老鴉, 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 烏鴉 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 老鴉 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 老鴉 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 老鴉 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 老鴉 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 老鴉 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 老鴉 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 老鴉 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 老鴉 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 黑澇鴉兒 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Linhe | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Jining | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Baotou | 烏鴉 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 老哇 |
| Jin | Handan | 老鴰 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 老鴉 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 老鴉 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 老鴉 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 老鴉 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 老烏 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 老鴉 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 老鴉 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 老鴰 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 老鴉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 烏鴉, 烏鴉仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 烏鴉仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 烏鴉, 歹鳥 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 老鴉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 老鴉 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 老鴉 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 沙烏 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 衫烏 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 衫烏 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鶚卵, 烏鴉 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鶚卵 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 烏鴉 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 烏鴉 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 老鴉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 老鴉 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 老鴉, 烏鴉 |
| Wu | Danyang | 烏老鴉, 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 烏老鴉, 烏老鴉兒, 烏鴉 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 老鴉, 烏鴉 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 老鴉, 烏老鴉 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 烏老鴉, 烏鴉 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 烏老鴉 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老哇子, 老哇 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 老哇子, 老哇 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 老哇子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 烏鴉 |

#### Derived terms

* 倉老鼠和老鴰去借糧 / 仓老鼠和老鸹去借粮
* 天下老鴰一般黑 / 天下老鸹一般黑
* 老鴰窩裡出鳳凰 / 老鸹窝里出凤凰
* 老鴰翎 / 老鸹翎

#### Descendants

* ⇒ Korean: 노갱이 (nogaeng'i)