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老公

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Chinese

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old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
trad. (老公)
simp. #(老公)

Pronunciation 1

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Noun

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老公

  1. (colloquial) husband
    老公天天晚餐蜂蜜水 [MSC, trad.]
    老公天天晚餐蜂蜜水 [MSC, simp.]
    Lǎogōng tiāntiān wǎncān hòu bāng wǒ chōng fēngmìshuǐ hē. [Pinyin]
    My husband makes honey with water for me to drink after dinner every day.
  2. (literary) elderly person
  3. (archaic) father
  4. (humorous) the public
  5. (Internet slang, ACG, neologism) husbando
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  • (husband):
Coordinate terms
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  • 老婆 (lǎopo, “wife, waifu”)
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Pronunciation 2

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Noun

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老公

  1. (colloquial, archaic) eunuch
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Pronunciation 3

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Noun

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老公

  1. (Teochew) great-grandfather
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References

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  • 老公”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
  • 老公”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “老公”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 345.