告老

Chinese

		to tell; to inform; to say	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (告老)		告	老
simp. ^#(告老)		告	老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gàolǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ lou⁵
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): kò͘-nó͘ / kò-ló / kò-nó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gàolǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gàolǎo
  - Wade–Giles: kao⁴-lao³
  - Yale: gàu-lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawlao
  - Palladius: гаолао (gaolao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou³ lou⁵
  - Yale: gou lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou³ lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ lou̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: kòo-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kornor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-ló
  - Tâi-lô: kò-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koirloir
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ lɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ lo⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: kò-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koirnor
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ nɔ̃⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ nɔ̃⁵³/

Verb

告老

to retire on account of age

Usage notes

In premodern China, 告老 (gàolǎo) mostly referred to the retirement of government officials; now it is used for any kind of occupation.

Derived terms

告老歸田／告老归田
告老還鄉／告老还乡 (gàolǎohuánxiāng)

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