老態龍鍾

Chinese

			senile; decrepit; crying
trad. (老態龍鍾)		老態	龍鍾
simp. (老态龙钟)		老态	龙钟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎotàilóngzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ taai³ lung⁴ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎotàilóngzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎotàilóngjhong
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tʻai⁴-lung²-chung¹
    • Yale: lǎu-tài-lúng-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotaylongjong
    • Palladius: лаотайлунчжун (laotajlunčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ taai³ lung⁴ zung¹
    • Yale: lóuh taai lùhng jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ taai³ lung⁴ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ tai³ lung⁴ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tʰaːi̯³³ lʊŋ²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

老態龍鍾

1. old and doddering