老緣

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge
trad. (老緣)		老	緣
simp. (老缘)		老	缘

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ló-yèn / ló-yàn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lau³ yan²

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˋ ien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˋ (r)ian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lau³ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /lau³¹ ian¹¹/

Noun

老緣

1. (Taiwanese Hakka) predestined relationship achieved at old age (such as friends despite the difference in age)
2. (Taiwanese Hakka, derogatory) one's past love
3. (Meixian Hakka) paramour; male lover; illicit lover of a married woman

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 情夫 (“extramarital male lover of a married woman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		情夫, 姘夫
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	拐漢子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	孤老
	Wanrong	後男人
	Xuzhou	拐男人
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	賊漢子, 野漢子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	孤老, 孤老搭子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契家佬
	Hong Kong	情夫, 契家佬
	Dongguan	契家佬
Gan	Nanchang	野老公
	Lichuan	野老公
	Pingxiang	野老公
Hakka	Meixian	契哥, 老緣
Jin	Xinzhou	野漢, 野漢子
Southern Min	Xiamen	契兄
	Quanzhou	契兄
	Zhangzhou	契兄
	Taipei	契兄
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	契兄
	Kaohsiung	契兄, 猴
	Yilan	契兄, 猴
	Changhua (Lukang)	契兄
	Taichung	契兄
	Tainan	契兄, 猴
	Hsinchu	契兄
	Kinmen	契兄, 猴
	Penghu (Magong)	契兄
	Leizhou	契兄
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老契公
Wu	Shanghai	漢郎頭
	Danyang	孤老, 孤老野漢
	Ningbo	野老公
Xiang	Changsha	野老倌, 野老公
	Loudi	野男人