啃老族

Chinese

		to mooch off one's family	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
trad. (啃老族)		啃老	族
simp. ^#(啃老族)		啃老	族

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kěnlǎozú

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang² lou⁵ zuk⁶ / kang² lou⁵ zuk⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵khen-lau-zoq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kěnlǎozú [Phonetic: kénlǎozú]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kěnlǎozú
  - Wade–Giles: kʻên³-lao³-tsu²
  - Yale: kěn-lǎu-dzú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keenlaotzwu
  - Palladius: кэньлаоцзу (kɛnʹlaoczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang² lou⁵ zuk⁶ / kang² lou⁵ zuk⁶
  - Yale: háng lóuh juhk / káng lóuh juhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang² lou⁵ dzuk⁹ / kang² lou⁵ dzuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng² lou⁵ zug⁶ / keng² lou⁵ zug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ³⁵ lou̯¹³ t͡sʊk̚²/, /kʰɐŋ³⁵ lou̯¹³ t͡sʊk̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵khen-lau-zoq
  - MiniDict: khen^去 lau zoh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khen-lau-zoq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰən³³ lɔ⁵⁵ zoʔ²¹/

Noun

啃老族

(neologism) adults who mooch off their parents; boomerang kids