古老

Chinese

		ancient; old	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (古老)		古	老
simp. ^#(古老)		古	老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔlǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² lou⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kú-ló
Northern Min (KCR): gǔ-lǎu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-ló / kó͘-nó͘ / kó͘-láu

(Teochew, Peng'im): gou² lao²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔlǎo [Phonetic: gúlǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔlǎo
  - Wade–Giles: ku³-lao³
  - Yale: gǔ-lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guulao
  - Palladius: гулао (gulao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu² lou⁵
  - Yale: gú lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu² lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu² lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ lou̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kú-ló
  - Hakka Romanization System: gu` lo`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gu³ lo³
  - Sinological IPA: /ku³¹ lo³¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǔ-lǎu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹ lau²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-ló
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofloir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofnor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-láu
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-láu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koflao
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lau⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gou² lao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóu láu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou⁵²⁻³⁵ lau⁵²⁻²¹/

Adjective

古老

ancient; old; hoary
一座很古老的建築 [MSC, trad.]
一座很古老的建筑 [MSC, simp.]
yī zuò hěn gǔlǎo de jiànzhù [Pinyin]
an ancient building

Synonyms

古代 (gǔdài) (attributive)
古典 (gǔdiǎn) (attributive)
古舊／古旧 (gǔjiù)

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