啃老

Chinese

		to gnaw; to nibble; to bite	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (啃老)		啃	老
simp. ^#(啃老)		啃	老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kěnlǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˇ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang² lou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kěnlǎo [Phonetic: kénlǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kěnlǎo
  - Wade–Giles: kʻên³-lao³
  - Yale: kěn-lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keenlao
  - Palladius: кэньлао (kɛnʹlao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kěnlǎor [Phonetic: kénlǎor]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ ㄌㄠˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kěnlǎor
  - Wade–Giles: kʻên³-lao³-ʼrh
  - Yale: kěn-lǎur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keenlaol
  - Palladius: кэньлаор (kɛnʹlaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ laʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang² lou⁵
  - Yale: háng lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang² lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng² lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ³⁵ lou̯¹³/

Verb

啃老

to mooch off one's family

Derived terms

啃老族 (kěnlǎozú)

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